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MAN, WOMAN 
KNOW THYSELF ! 



AN ILLUSTRATED TREATISE ON PRACTICAL PSYCHOL- 
OGY FOR BOTH THE MEDICAL PROFESSION 
AND THE LAITY 



A PRACTICAL, SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION OF THE 

EFFECT OF THOUGHT— THE MYSTERIOUS 

FORCE WHICH DETERMINES ONE'S 

CONDITION IN THE PRESENT 

AS WELL AS THE FUTURE 

LIFE 



BY 

DR. ELMER JEFFERSON BARTHOLOMEW 



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 
U. S. A. 



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OCT 17 l*M I 



COPYRIGHT T907 
COPYRIGHT 1908 



By 



DR. ELMER JEFFERSON BARTHOLOMEW 

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 



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CONTENTS. 



Preface 15 

Mind, Origin and Development 21 

One's Mind Like a Storage Battery 22 

The Body and Five Senses Servants of the Mind 23 

The Importance of Body and Mind to Each Other 24 

Wisdom of the Lower Creatures 26 

Mental Development in Keeping with the Physical 27 

Thought, Origin and Effects 31 

Your Mind a Reproduction of Your Mother's During Preg- 
nancy i 32 

Thought Radiation 32 

The Majority of Patients Responsible for Their Own Con- 
dition 34 

The Mind the Chief Factor in the Causation of Disease. . . .35 

The Mind the Prime Factor of One's Existence 36 

Fig. 1. The Nervous System (Foundation of the Body).. 41 

Fig. 2. The Skeleton (Framework of the Body) 45 

Fig. 3. Ligament, Muscle and Tendon — (Braces, Clap- 
boards and Sheathing of the Body) 49 

Fig. 4. Motor Nervous System and What it Supplies .... 53 



Pig. >5. Man Like an Electric Lighting Plant 57 

Only Two Causes of Disease 57 

Mind Treated as the Flower Garden 62 

Paralysis, Apoplexy and Insanity, How Caused . . 63 
Man Compared with a Medern Office Building. ... 64 

Fig. 6. Involuntary Organs of Man 69 

Fig. 7. Sympathetic Nervous System . . 73 

Spinal Diseases, Lame Backs' — Cause of and Effects 74 
How Inharmonious Thought Diseases the Entire 

Body 79 

NATURE is the Physician 82 

Fig. 8. Muscles of Front of Body 87 

Fig. 9. Ribs, Liver, Stomach, etc. 91 

Fig. 10. Exterior of Lungs, etc 95 

Fig. 11. Interior of Lungs, etc 99 

Fig. 12. Posterior Surface of Chest, etc 103 

Diaphragm 107 

Fig. 13. Alimentary Tract or Canal Ill 

What, When and How to Eat Ill 

NATURE Eliminates Waste 113 

Effect of Laxatives 114 

Physicians Can Not Prescribe Diet 114 

Fig. 14. Large Intestine 117 

Fig. 15t Spleen, Pancreas, Kidneys, etc 121 

Fig. 16. Arterial System 125 

Fig. 17. Venous System 129 

Fig. 18. Organs of Digestion and Circulation 133 

Why Food is Necessary 133 

How Food is Digested and Assimilated .134 

How the Blood Circulates 136 

Cancers, Tumors and G-rowths, How Formeu 138 

Blood to the Body What Water is to a Building. .140 

Moderation in All Things Necessary 141 

Fig. 19'. Female Pelvic Viscera 147 



Fig. 20. Beginning of Gestation (Conception) 151 

Fig. 21. Three Months After Conception 154 

Fig. 22. Seven Months After Conception 157 

Fig. 23. Child and' Placenta 161 

Pre-natal Influence 161 

Prudery A Crime 165 

Fig. 24. Muscles of Right Eye 169 

Fig. 25. Tissues of Eye 173 

Fig. 26. Normal or Perfect Eye (Emmetropia) 177 

Fig. 27. Near-sighted Eye (Myopia) 181 

Fig. 28. Far-sighted Eye (Hypermetropia) 185 

Fig. 29. Astigmatic Eye (Astigmatism) 189 

Fig. 30. The Author's Astigmatic Chart 193 

Treatment of Eye 194 

Fig. 31. Man Likened' to a Tree, Plant or Shrub 199 

Man Likened to a Telegraphic System 200 

The Author's Experience in the Treatment of Dis- 
ease (for the benefit of both the Medical Pro- 
fession and the Laity) 205 

Symptoms in Nervous Diseases 209 

Treatment of Nervous Diseases 211 

Secret of Success in Mental Medicine 215 

Physician Portrayed 1 as Engineer 219 






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"He only can be called wise who Knows Himself:' 

— Leo-tie. 




Fig. 6. 
Involuntary Organs of Man. 

From the "Physician's Anatomical Aid." 
By permission of The Western Publishing House, Chicago. 



"It is not the distance but the pace that kills." . 
"Man is like a chain — he's as strong as his weakest 
link." 



PBEFACE. 



Know thyself: These words, generally speak- 
ing, have little significance for the average being. 

The farmer knows all the peculiarities and fine 
points of his horses, cattle, sheep and swine; he 
goes into minute detail regarding their breeding 
and the care they require ; the successful business 
man masters all the intricacies and requirements 
of his trade; the architect devotes great thought 
to the plans for the building to be constructed ; the 
housewife acquires, eagerly, every bit of knowl- 
edge conducive to the good government of her 
domain, but neither the farmer, business man, 
architect nor housewife takes sufficient interest in 
Self or endeavors to gain knowledge of that which 
should concern him most — his own body! 

He has but a superficial knowledge, if any, of 
its parts — of the relation of its parts to each other 
and to that Mysterious Force governing them. 

Mankind 's principal study should be man ! Be- 
ing absorbed in professional enterprise, he fails 
to consider that the accumulation of his Cash Bank 

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Account and its maintenance depends absolutely 
upon his Vital Bank Account. 

Therefore, I will endeavor to demonstrate to 
the medical profession, as well as the laity, how 
diseased conditions are produced, how avoided; 
and how health may be maintained or restored, 
thus insuring the Vital Bank Account and in turn 
the Cash Bank Account. 

The physician often absolutely disregards the 
relation of mind to the body and endeavors to re- 
move the evident disability of a patient without 
tracing it back to first principles. 

When treating disease the medical profession 
should never lose sight of the fact, which has gen- 
erally been the case heretofore, that the energy 
which runs the human machine (the body) is 
nerve force; that this nerve force is generated in 
the brain and conveyed therefrom by the nerves 
to all parts of the body, supplying them with 
energy, life, vitality ; that the mind is the engineer 
governing the amount of nerve force generated in 
and radiated from the brain ; that the human ma- 
chine is similar to all others; that all machines 
are built for some special service, and that there 
are only two ways by which they can be rendered 
unserviceable: by a mechanical defect (such as a 
slipped cog or broken axle) or by handicapping 
the engine that generates the force or energy nec- 
essary to run it. 

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PREFACE. 

To simplify these remarks, explanations by pic- 
tures and comparisons will be used to show that 
disease is an effect, produced by a cause ; that the 
cause must be eliminated to remove the effect ; that 
both mental tension and mechanical pressure pro- 
duce disease, with mental causes largely in the 
majority. 

If there are any exceptions to the above rule it 
is with children who appear to have a toxic or 
poisonous substance in the system which it is nec- 
essary to eradicate, and is generally eliminated 
by diseases diagnosed as measles, mumps, whoop- 
ing cough, etc., but there is a doubt in my mind 
that children would have even these diseases, 
were their circulation not impeded by colds and 
other abnormal conditions of the nervous system. 

As to the force which runs the human machine 
(the body), I first invite your attention to a few 
paragraphs regarding the mind, its origin, func- 
tion and development — also to thought, from 
whence it comes, for what purpose and its effects. 

The Authob. 



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"Were I so tall to reach the pole, 

Or grasp the ocean in my span, 

I must be measured by my soul. 

The mind's the standard of the man." 

— Watt8. 



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MIND, OEIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. 



In all ages of man, the paramount wonder or 
subject for discussion has been the mind or the 
soul. 

The mind or soul represents the measure of 
thought (energy, intelligence, life, electricity, if 
you so wish to call it) that we possess, that is, the 
amount we have " stored away." By this, we 
mean that our mind represents the amount we 
possess of the All-pervading Intelligence — the 
All-pervading Energy — the All-pervading Mind, 
Wisdom or Force that is in everything, surrounds 
everything, of which everything is made, is ever 
present and known as God. 

The quality of our mind, or rather our marked 
traits of character, were " handed down" to us 
through our mother's mind (as a channel) dur- 
ing our pre-natal existence. Our post-natal de- 
velopment has been influenced largely by the pre- 
natal influences, in conjunction with environment, 
reading, observing, communing and placing our 
mind in tune with the Infinite Mind, of which our 
mind is part. 

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one's mind like a stokage battery. 

Each individual mind has attained its present 
development by absorbing or acquiring intelli- 
gence by attracting it — the mind has been placed 
in a condition to receive intelligence as one would 
arrange a storage battery for re-charging. A 
storage battery is charged by attaching it to that 
from which it receives or absorbs electricity 
(strength, vitality, life, energy). 

The battery represents the amount of electric- 
ity (energy, life, intelligence) that it has absorbed, 
so the mind represents the measure of thought 
(the amount of the All-prevading, Infinite Intelli- 
gence, life, force or energy) that it has attracted 
and retained. 

The force in the storage battery (called elec- 
tricity), when released and conveyed through the 
proper channels, will run your automobile. In 
like manner will the force (thought), of which the 
human storage battery (the mind) consists, op- 
erate the human machine (the body) when re- 
leased and properly transmitted through the 
nervous system. 

All forces (like thought or nerve force, elec- 
tricity, steam, etc.) are the same in substance, 
generated under different conditions, but derived 
from the one, All-pervading Force, God, thus the 
soul or mind (from which thought issues) must 

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be of God, as a drop of water is part of the ocean. 

The quality of mind determines the status of 
life, for the mind is the gate-keeper or guardian 
of the soul, and conscience is one of its divine at- 
tributes. 

When conscience is troubled the mind is trou- 
bled. When one experiences a spiritual or soulful 
change the condition of mind is changed. A 
change of heart, an expression frequently used, 
is also a change of the state of mind. 

Mind can not deceive that of which it is a part ; 
neither should one mind try r to deceive another, 
both being derived from the Same source and part 
of the same Infinite Mind. 

THE BODY AND FIVE SENSES SEKVANTS OF THE MIND. 

The mind uses the brain as a key-board to trans- 
mit nerve force (brain fluid, thought or elec- 
tricity) through the nerves (live wires) to the dif- 
ferent muscles of the body, causing them to con- 
tract and approximate the bones to which they 
are attached, resulting in speech or action. 

Our thoughts precede our words and actions, 
therefore our present condition in life is the re- 
sult of our thoughts. Our future condition in 
this life and the future life will depend entirely 
upon our thoughts. 

The mind or soul is the tenant of the human 
dwelling, and all the functions of the body (in- 
cluding the five senses) are servants of the mind. 



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MAN, WOMAN— KNOW THYSELF! 

The mind commands these servants that it may 
prosecute its work or wishes, and thereby pro- 
gress and develop. 

Thought precedes words and actions! Then 
every creature capable of uttering a sound or 
moving must possess a mind or soul, and the ac- 
companying thought consistent with its mental de- 
velopment. 

THE IMPOBTANCE OF BODY AND MIND TO EACH OTHEB. 

Human thought, if not vented in speech or action 
becomes inert, thus hindering mental develop- 
ment. This fact, alone, should convince the reader 
of the importance of body to mind or soul ; for, if 
one wishes to clothe thoughts in words, how pos- 
sible without the vocal organs (lips, teeth, tongue, 
palate and vocal cords)! Or, if one's thoughts 
are such as would precede action, how can action 
be produced without the servants of the mind (the 
muscles, body, arms, fingers, legs, feet, etc.) f 

God 's slogan is ' ' Eternal Progression, ' ' brought 
about by the advancement of man's mind or soul. 
It is impossible for man, during this life, to at- 
tain mental perfection, else he would not require 
a body of flesh and blood during this existence. 

The theologian tells us, that if the earthly life 
be encompassed by the creed which he represents, 
the future existence will be in the spirit and not in 
the flesh. How absurd ! Grod does not intend that 

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man, either in this or in his infinite number of fu- 
ture lives, shall reach the state of mental perfec- 
tion, which if attained, would enable him to cope 
with God 's wisdom. Just as long as the immortal 
part of man progresses, it will be necessary for 
the mind or soul to be equipped with servants in 
the shape of flesh and blood. 

Mind, in order to develop, must be exercised; 
the same as one would exercise the body to acquire 
physical strength, consequently, the mind must 
have implements with which to work. 

Man has not always possessed the same amount 
of intelligence. It is hoped that he may gain more 
each succeeding year. 

The mind, like all else, had a beginning. In its 
beginning, undoubtedly a great number of life 
existences in the past, the mind must have occu- 
pied a body in keeping with its mental caliber. 
Imagine a body infinite simally small enough to 
clothe the beginning of the mind or soul! Yet, 
however insignificant, it was adequate. 

Mind in its progression is similar to a child who 
begins in the kindergarten, and developing suf- 
ficiently, is advanced to the first grade and so on 
through grammar school, high school and college; 
in each succeeding grade the* old books are set 
aside and advanced ones take their place; the dif- 
ference being that the child eventually graduates 
from college, while the mind never attains the state 

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of graduation in God's school. In each re-incar- 
nation there is a death of the old body and a birth 
of the new, of a higher order, repeated number- 
less times during the eternal existence. 

WISDOM OF THE LOWER CREATURES. 

Man possesses only enough of God's wisdom to 
make him wonder, but is inclined to speak slight- 
ingly of the intelligence or wisdom of the so- 
called lower animals or creatures. There are, 
however, many of these so-called lower creatures, 
with sufficient intelligence to set an example for 
man, for instance : — the ant and the bee in indus- 
try ; the horse for gratitude and the dog for faith- 
fulness. That they are nearer than man to God 
and in constant communion with Him, that He 
feeds, clothes and guides them, can be proven in 
many ways. A cat, placed in a bag and turned 
loose several miles from home, will return in the 
time required to travel the distance. A hound, 
after chasing a fox twenty miles, does not retrace 
his circuitous route to return to his master, but 
elevates his nose, gives a few sniffs in the air and 
takes the shortest cut. 

A carrier pigeon is frequently released thous- 
ands of miles from home — he immediately soars 
high in the air, circles about a few times and then 
takes a "bee-line" for his cot. 

The robin hops along with his head erect; sud- 
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MIND, ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. 

a worm. These impulses were all the result of 
God-given intuition or instinct. 

This Omnipotent Intelligence also directs rats 
to leave an abandoned ship or one about to be 
scuttled; warns animals to flee before a forest 
fire; conveys to cows, horses and other animals 
the knowledge of impending danger from cyclone 
or tornado ; directs the migration of birds ; the 
hibernation of animals and furnishes the instinct 
which enables these creatures to judge whether 
man's thoughts for them are kindly or otherwise. 

Man possesses this sixth sense, intuition, in a 
lesser degree than creatures of the animal king- 
dom. The ability to make" 'himself understood 
through the power of speech has retarded its de- 
velopment. 

MENTAL DEVELOPMENT IN KEEPING WITH THE 
PHYSICAL. 

Mental and physical development are in keep- 
ing with each other. Should you doubt this, 
watch the caterpillar develop into a butterfly, the 
tadpole into a frog. The caterpillar's mind de- 
velops to the extent that it requires another set 
of implements (body) with which to work, so 
God gives it a body in keeping with its mental 
caliber — one more beautiful, with which it can 
fly instead of crawling. The caterpillar changed 
the old body for the new — a necessity, a mere 
incident in the development of its being into one 
of a higher order. 

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The above is true of man; when he " shuffles 
off this mortal coil," he simply sets aside the old 
and is given a new vehicle that he may still do the 
work to which his mind is 'best adapted. 

Man's aim in life should be to develop the best 
that is within him, for his state of mental develop- 
ment determines the stage of existence to which 
he progresses; at each new birth beginning his 
development where he left off. 

The mind is never handicapped in any reason- 
able attainment or undertaking, and there being 
practically no limit to its possible development, 
there must be beings in some of God's number- 
less planets who are as superior mentally to 
earthly man as he is to the most insignificant 
earthly creature, or to beings of the infra worlds. 



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"A thought is an idea in transit." — Pythagoras. 
"The laws of thought are the laws of the universe." 

— Buchner. 
"Like attracts like, therefore the thought of a 
thing is the prophecy of its fulfillment." 

"Thought is the force that precedes and effects all 
the great accomplishments of mankind." 

— Bartholomew. 



THOUGHT, OEIGIN AND EFFECTS. 



Mind action is thought, therefore thought 
emanates from the mind or soul that it may pre- 
cede words and actions. 

Thought produces certain minute tissue changes 
in the mental and physical organizations, and the 
continuance of normal thought tends towards per- 
fection. Obviously, then, abnormal thought must 
produce the opposite mental and physical state 
corresponding with such thought. Since a certain 
line of abnormal thought has produced abnormal 
mental and physical conditions, it is evident that 
to supplant the abnormal with normal or whole- 
some thought will tend to produce a healthy, nor- 
mal condition in both the mental and physical 
organizations. 

Thought is energy, it is nerve force, and nerve 
force is as much like electricity as one can con- 
ceive. 

Thought figured prominently in the Creation; 
doubting this, look about and point out one item 
of the universe which thought did not create. 

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YOUR MIND A REPRODUCTION OF YOUR MOTHER *S 
DURING PREGNANCY. 

Leaving generalities for the time being, con- 
sider your own condition in life: Your mother's 
thoughts created the quality of mind which is 
largely responsible for the development of your 
body. Your mind is simply a result of the 
condition of hers during the pre-natal stage 
of your existence. God formed the warp into 
which your mother wove her thoughts, thereby 
creating the foundation of your earthly existence. 
Your foetal or pre-natal mind was in tune with 
your mother's; it was a sensitive plate for all 
thoughts and impressions emanating from hers 
during those nine months. Your plastic mind 
received the impress of her thoughts and will 
echo them as a musical string receives and re- 
produces sounds from strings or keys tuned to 
the same pitch. 

It is by thought and through thought that the 
sins of the parents are visited upon the children 
of the third and fourth generations, thus making 
thought largely responsible for your present 
condition. 

THOUGHT RADIATION. 

Thought radiates from the mind in vibrations 
through the ether or atmosphere, as ripples or 
waves are produced in a pond or stream by 

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throwing in a stone. The stone is a disturbing 
element causing vibrations or waves to pass in 
all directions. On the same principle is the at- 
mosphere affected by thought, since every 
thought causes a certain disturbance in the 
brain, from which radiate the waves of thought 
on the ether of the atmosphere. 

The velocity of thought is dependent upon the 
strength of the mind and the energy or nerve 
force expended by the person sending out such 
thought. 

Every thought is a boomerang to the project- 
ing mind, for all thoughts or impressions are re- 
ceived by minds which are in tune with the mind 
from which the thought emanates. The receiver 
returns it to the sender, thus it can not be 
doubted that one realizes on silent thought. Like 
attracts like, therefore, if one dispatches a 
thought of hatred, malice or treachery, the 
thought is transmitted to others and returned to 
the sender one hundred fold or more. As is the 
mind so is the man. As one gives so does one 
receive. 

When one receives what is called " punish- 
ment/ ' such punishment is not for words and 
actions, but for the thoughts that preceded such 
words and actions. 

Even the little child knows that in doing a 
kindness it is benefited mentally, ten-fold. If one 

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wrongs another, the abnormal thought preceding 
the wrong-doing will attract like thoughts. The 
law of retribution is always active; man realizes 
at once upon kindnesses extended or wrongs 
done. 

When man arrives at the age of discretion the 
Great Bookkeeper opens an account with him, 
and the only commodity that will appear in his 
account is thought. Every debit item will be 
preceded by thought, which will have to be offset 
by a credit item seemingly ten times as large 
and this latter will have heen preceded by 
thought. How careful one should be regarding 
one's thoughts, all of which find their way into the 
"Life Account/' which only the creditor can bal- 
ance. Before advancing a thought, how necessary 
to first consider whether or not it is kind and 
truthful, giving to others a "square deal," such 
as we, ourselves, would ask. 

THE MAJOKITY OF PATIENTS KESPONSIBLE FOE THEIE 
OWN CONDITION. 

Experience proves conclusively that at least 
seventy-five per cent of the patients seeking treat- 
ment are responsible for their own condition, 
which has been produced, primarily, by abnormal 
thought. 

The above statement will not be considered con- 
servative by many members of the medical pro- 

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fession, as other statements, regarding the in- 
fluence of thought upon the physical, have been 
doubted by them. 

In justification of the statement, let us consider 
the cause and effect of colds. A large percentage 
of physical weaknesses are due to neglected colds 
and a large majority of colds are taken through 
carelessness. They are not properly guarded 
against. Sitting in draughts or cold rooms, fail- 
ure to exchange damp clothing for dry, or wear- 
ing clothing not in keeping with the weather in- 
duces them. The foregoing colds are due to care- 
lessness of thought which preceded carelessness 
of action. 

The heart, lungs, stomach, intestines, kidneys, 
bladder, pelvic viscera and other organs may be 
affected by abnormal thought to such an extent 
as to weaken not only those parts but the entire 
body — the entire nervous system. 

THE MIND THE CHIEF FACTOK IN THE CAUSATION 
OF DISEASE. 

When the nervous system is weakened, thereby 
weakening the physical, any disease designated by 
a "scientific" or Latin name is liable to swoop 
down upon the body and take possession of it. 
The patient, in the majority of cases, produces 
the condition himself by continued abnormal 
thought and over-indulgences, thereby handicap- 
ping the brain. 

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The physician should bear in mind that muscles, 
ligaments, tissues, bones, etc., would be just as 
lifeless without the mind, as the engine without the 
engineer to regulate the amount of energy; that 
the factors of man (mind and body) are in- 
terdependent — the mind relying upon the body 
and the five senses (as servants) to obey its will 
that it may develop — the body relying upon the 
mind for energy and instruction, the amount of 
energy and quality of instruction from the mind 
determining largely the condition and life of the 
body, and that, in justice to themselves and their 
patients, physicians can not afford to overlook the 
condition of either of these factors of man when 
diagnosing and treating disease. 

Since all parts of the body (including the five 
senses) are servants of the mind or soul and 
under its direct care and keeping, I will endeavor 
to demonstrate clearly by illustrations and com- 
parisons that a large majority of the diseased con- 
ditions of these servants is caused by abnormal 
thinking and that the remaining conditions are 
due to mechanical pressure. 



The medical profession should not overlook the 
prime factor of the patient's existence, the mind, 
when diagnosing a case. Mental causes could be 
discovered in a majority of cases, but material 

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ones are assigned and experimental treatment 
given. This course may be partially due to the 
fact that to a patient who may be in the throes of 
turbulent thought, the mechanical and physical- 
cause arguments appeal, while the mental-cause 
argument will offend him. Regardless of the de- 
pleted mental condition of the patient, the physi- 
cian realizes it is not wisdom to reflect upon his 
good (?) judgment, so he treats his patient, and 
whether he effects a cure or not, does he attempt 
to remove the mechanical or other impediment 
which he named as the cause for this illness? If 
he failed to remove or reduce that condition, was 
he not mistaken in his diagnosis ? If the apparent 
mechanical disability was not the cause and he 
was unable to detect a mental cause, possibly he 
gave NATUKE a chance to effect a cure. 

It matters not whether the cause of disease is 
mental tension, mechanical pressure or otherwise, 
CASES SHOULD BE CORRECTLY DIAG- 
NOSED AND THE CAUSE KEMOVED BE- 
FORE NATURE CAN RESTORE THE BODY 
TO A NORMAL, HEALTHY CONDITION. 

Could an engineer hope to get service from pul- 
leys, belts, bands, etc., without steam or force to 
operate them, if through his incompetency the 
energy necessary to run the machinery were im- 
peded ? 

Could one's mind, as an engineer, transmit 

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through the nervous system to the human ma- 
chinery (the body) sufficient nerve force or energy 
for normal service if the brain were handicapped 
by abnormal thought? NATUEE can be handi- 
capped in so many ways it is impossible to point 
out each one, but the following discourse and il- 
lustrations will serve to establish the effect of 
thought upon the organs and their functions. 



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"The best government is that which teaches us to 
govern ourselves." 

— Goethe. 




Pig. 1. 

The Nervous System. 

(Foundation of the Body.) 



THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 

When a building is to be erected the first work 
considered after signing the contract is its foun- 
dation. The contractor knows the stability of the 
structure is dependent upon it, therefore the first 
part of the human structure considered will be its 
foundation (the nervous system), the medium 
through which the mind transmits thought, nerve 
force or energy to the body. 

Fig. 1 represents the motor nervous system as 
it appears dissected from the human body. It is 
the fundamental principle, and is to the body as is 
the foundation of a building to the structure. 
Should it become weakened by a mechanical or 
mental impediment to the thought or nerve force 
which it transmits, the structure would soon warp 
and topple. 



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"Great men are they who see that mental force is 
stronger than material force — that thought rules the 
world." 

— Emerson. 




Pig. 2. 

The Skeleton. 

(Framework of the Body.) 



THE SKELETON. 

Fig. 2 represents the human skeleton and that of 
the gorilla ; a comparison of them shows that they 
have the same number of bones (about 208), simi- 
lar in shape and similar in arrangement. The 
only difference in the arrangement is that the 
large toe of the gorilla is at an angle to the smaller 
toes, while that of man is parallel. 

The skeleton is the framework of the body, and 
is to the body as are the studding and rafters of 
a building to the superstructure. 



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'"Excessive labor is wrong, but judicious mental 
and physical labor is the safety valve of life." 




Fig. 3. 

Ligament, Muscle and Tendon (Gray). 

(Braces, Clap-boards and Sheathing of the Body.) 



LIGAMENT, MUSCLE AND TENDON. 

Fig. 3 shows the difference between ligament, 
muscle and tendon. Ligaments are employed in 
joints to hold the bones forming the joints firmly 
together. The upper left hand picture in Fig. 3 
represents the palmar surface of the right wrist 
joint. In each wrist joint there are eight small 
bones — notice how these bones are held firmly to- 
gether by ligaments which pass in every conceiv- 
able direction. 

The lower left hand picture in Fig. 3 represents 
an anterior view of the left hip joint — a ball and 
socket joint. Notice how the head of the femur 
or thigh bone fits into the hip socket and is held 
there by ligaments that pass in all directions, 
holding, as said previously, the bones firmly in 
position, but allowing movement. 

At the right in Fig. 3 muscles are shown, the 
principal muscle being the flexor profundus digi- 
torum, flexor signifying that it flexes or bends, 
profundus meaning the deep muscle of the fore- 

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arm, and digitorum, the digits (the fingers), hence 
the name. 

The fleshy part of the mnscle is called the mus- 
cular part, while the tapering part is known as the 
tendinous portion. 

The 500 muscles are attached to the frame-work 
of the body (the skeleton) to hold man in a normal 
physical condition as are sheathing and clap- 
boards attached to the frame-work (studding and 
rafters) of a building for the purpose of main- 
taining it in a shapely condition and to prevent 
warping. 



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"The outer man is only an expression of his 
thoughts." 



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Sfcmal 
r Cor d 




Fig. 4. 
Motor Nervous System and What It Supplies. 



THE MOTOE NEKVOUS SYSTEM. 

Fig. 4 represents the motor nervous system and 
what it supplies. The motor nervous system sup- 
plies the voluntary muscles or muscles of motion, 
that is, those under the control of the will or mind, 
such as are found in the arms, hands, legs and 
feet. The nervous system consists of the brain 
and its continuation, the spinal cord. From this 
cord issue the forty-one pairs of principal nerves, 
and from these in turn the infinite number of 
nerves of the body, variously estimated at from 
ten to twenty millions. Man is a veritable bundle 
of "live wires' ' and the nervous system could be 
likened to a pipe system. The nerves are to all 
intents and purposes hollow, their office being to 
convey brain fluid to the entire body. Picture in 
your mind a hose-pipe system and you will then 
have a correct mental image of the nervous sys- 
tem. 



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"Our thoughts are the architects of our own con- 
ditions." 

"How long we live, not years but actions tell." 




Shi* 

-Cord 



Fig. 5. 
Motor Nervous System (Inverted), 



MAN LIKE AN ELECTRIC LIGHTING 
PLANT. 

The function of the brain is similar to that of 
a steam engine, dynamo or motor, and since the 
object is to prove that disease in the human body 
is an effect produced by either a continued mental 
tension or mechanical pressure, I shall proceed 
to do so by comparing man with an electric light- 
ing plant represented by Fig. 5. 

Fig. 5 is Fig. 4 inverted (turned upside down). 
Let the brain represent the dynamo in which elec- 
tricity is generated, and the nerves the wires which 
convey the electricity to the lights, represented 
by the ends of the fingers, toes, etc., in fact, all 
parts of the body may be lights for our purpose, 
since all parts are supplied by nerves and nerve 
force. 

ONLY TWO CAUSES OF DISEASE. 

There are two ways of disabling this plant 
(Fig. 5), either locally or generally, that is, one 
light or all can be dimmed or extinguished. One 
by pressing on the wire leading to that light. 
Pressure upon the wire "a" will extinguish the 

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light to which it leads. A pressure upon "b" will 
have a similar effect, or a pressure upon "q" will 
cause a flickering of the light "d" which is sup- 
plied by that wire. The flickering of the light "d" 
is an effect — the cause must be found and removed 
before the effect; so the electrician follows the 
course of the wire back from the disabled or ex- 
tinguished light and locates the cause at "c" — 
finding a pressure upon the wire or a grounded 
circuit. When the impediment to the wire at * ' c ' ' 
is removed and its conductivity restored, the 
light "d" will burn brightly as before — we have 
removed the cause, thereby the effect — the cause 
being a pressure upon the wire between the source 
of supply (the dynamo) and the part supplied 
(the light). 

All lights may be dimmed or put out by handi- 
capping the dynamo. Under favorable conditions 
100 per cent, of electricity is generated in the 
dynamo, but there may be an incompetent engi- 
neer in the basement, incapable of advancing the 
right thought in the operation of the dynamo ; as 
a result, only 50 per cent, of the necessary elec- 
tricity or energy is generated. The cause is not 
found to be a defect in the plant, but in the incom- 
petency of the engineer. Supplant him by one 
who is competent, the dynamo will then generate 
a sufficient supply for the lights and their normal 
condition will be restored. Again the cause is re- 

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MAN LIKE AN ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANT. 

moved, which was a direct handicap to the source 
of supply (the dynamo). 

As the electric lighting plant may be disabled 
in two ways, locally or generally, so the human 
electric lighting plant (man) may be diseased in 
two ways, locally or generally, that is, mechani- 
cally or mentally. 

Man is diseased locally or mechanically by pres- 
sing upon one of the nerves shown in Fig. 5. 
Pressure upon the sciatic nerve "a" will transmit 
an impulse along its entire course. A like pres- 
sure upon the sciatic nerve "b" will produce a 
similar diseased condition in the muscles and tis- 
sues which it supplies. 

A pressure upon the ulnar nerve "c" at the 
elbow (better known to the laity as the " funny* ' 
or "crazy bone'') will transmit an impulse to the 
little finger and to the inside of the ring finger 
which it supplies, causing lack of ease or dis-ease, 
proving conclusively that the parts supplied by 
an affected nerve will be diseased. The disease 
in the fingers is the effect, the pressure at the 
elbow the cause, and it must be removed to remove 
the effect. How is the cause to be removed? Shall 
we poultice or amputate the fingers, diet the pa- 
tient or resort to drug medication? None of the 
above mentioned treatments would effectively re- 
move the pressure (cause) at the elbow. Mechan- 
ical manipulation alone will remove the mechan- 



MAN, WOMAN— KNOW THYSELF! 

ical cause and restore the conductivity to the 
nerve, a normal amount of nerve force will then 
supply the dis-eased part with life and vitality. 
Another cause has been removed, which was an 
impediment to the nerve force between the source 
of supply (the brain) and the parts supplied (the 
fingers). 

As the electric lighting plant (Fig. 5) is dis- 
abled generally (all the lights are extinguished) 
by handicapping the dynamo, so is the human elec- 
tric lighting plant (man) diseased generally by 
handicapping the human dynamo (the brain) by 
abnormal thought, excesses or dissipation. 

Under the heading of abnormal or uncontrolled 
thought should be included such mental conditions 
as hurry, worry, envy, anger, jealousy, hatred, 
"brain storms," over-mental exertion, monotony, 
and too long or too close application to any pur- 
suit, while excesses or dissipation are the effect 
of such abnormal or uncontrolled thought. 
Thoughts precede words and actions, therefore all 
psychic or mental causes can be grouped under 
the heading of "abnormal thought." 

Under normal conditions 100 per cent, of nerve 
force (thought, brain fluid, strength, energy, vital- 
ity or electricity, if you so wish to call it) is gene- 
rated in the brain to supply the body. Dissipate 
50 per cent, or more of the 100 per cent, in abnor- 
mal or harrowing thought, there will be a balance 



MAN LIKE AN ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANT. 

of 50 per cent, or less, an amount insufficient to 
maintain a healthy condition of the body. 

By harrowing thought is meant the condition of 
mind wherein one continually indulges in worry, 
anger or any disturbing mental exertion. A 
great percentage of adults, of America in partic- 
ular, entertain such thoughts for lengths of time 
sufficient to deprive them of appetite and sap their 
strength. 

Uncontrolled thought is as dangerous as uncon- 
trolled steam or electricity. An uncontrolled 
boiler or dynamo is liable to destruction; so are 
man 's hopes and ambitions frequently wrecked by 
ungoverned thought, and with dreadful conse- 
quences. 

A locomotive could not possibly haul a train 
of cars with an open valve which allowed 50 per 
cent, of the necessary steam to escape, nor a 
stationary engine hoist a load with only half the 
required power. 

Abnormal thought affects the brain as a leak- 
age affects the amount of water contained in a 
bucket. A constant dripping will soon result in 
depletion; stop the leakage, thereby conserving 
the substance. 

We had first a mechanical cause with which to 
contend and it was removed by mechanical manip- 
ulation without effort or faith on the part of the 
patient, but in mental cause we have a totally dif- 

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ferent proposition with which to deal, in the re- 
moval of which the patient must be the chief 
factor. 

The physician should point out to the patient 
the means by which he may rid his mind of this 
absorbing thought, the patient must conquer it, 
but co-operation is necessary. 

MIND TREATED AS THE FLOWER GARDEN". 

The patient's mind should be treated as the 
flower garden. The gardener uproots the weeds, 
thus saving the nutrition to be assimilated by the 
flowers, that they may grow and flourish. Mental 
weeds or excesses would drawf the mental flower 
and must be uprooted. 

The well known axiom: "That two things can 
not occupy a given space at the same time, ' ' makes 
it evident that if uncontrolled thought is in pos- 
session of the mind, normal or natural thought 
can not enter. 

Therefore, physicians should encourage pa- 
tients to acquire a knowledge of anatomy and 
physiology, also of the effect of mental tension as 
well as mechanical pressure upon the body and 
its members. They should demonstrate clearly 
the office of the nervous system; how nerve force 
is generated, how dissipated; the effect of such 
dissipation and the importance of conserving one's 
nerve force and vitality. 



MAN LIKE AN ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANT. 

Impress upon the patient's mind that NATURE 
will exact a penalty for disobedience of her laws. 

Emphasize the necessity of living a life of mod- 
eration, that moderation in everything is condu- 
cive to health. 

Advise patients «to decline, positively, to enter- 
tain disturbing thought, it is an enemy ; urge them 
to reason with self as with a member of their 
family, to exercise self-control and to treat an 
objectionable thought as they would an objection- 
able person, for the longer it is entertained the 
more difficult to eliminate from the mind. 

PAKALYSIS, APOPLEXY AND INSANITY, HOW CAUSED. 

Harrowing or abnormal thought causes nerv- 
ous prostration which invariably precedes paral- 
ysis, apoplexy or insanity. 

Paralysis is death of the tissues produced by 
robbing them of nerve force. 

The brain is not unlike the body ; its sudden or 
violent exercise requires more nerve force and 
blood than is normal, this excess crowds its ves- 
sels, they become engorged to such an extent that 
one may burst, the result being called apoplexy. 

Insanity is produced, generally, by concentra- 
tion of thought upon one subject, not necessarily 
disagreeable — Religious fanatics and enthusiasts 
of various cults for example. Inventors frequent- 
ly become unbalanced by unceasing concentration 
upon one subject. Thus it is evident that the 

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mind figures prominently in maintaining health 
or producing disease, and is about all that really 
counts in man. 

MAN COMPARED WITH A MODERN OFFICE BUILDING. 

Abnormal thought has the same effect upon the 
brain and body as leakage from a tank intended 
to supply a building, has upon the supply. 

Let Fig. 4 represent a building, and the brain a 
tank on the roof, filled with water to supply the 
building. The spinal cord would serve as the main 
pipe, with its branches representing the tribu- 
taries through which the water passes to the ten- 
ants. One tenant can be deprived of water by a 
stoppage or a break in the small pipe through 
which he is supplied, or all the tenants by the emp- 
tying of the tank (the brain). 

This same illustration may represent the hu- 
man dwelling which has but one tenant (the mind 
or soul). There are two grades of servants in 
this human dwelling; the brain being the head 
servant, and subservient to the mind, while the 
heart, lungs, stomach, intestines, kidneys, liver, 
arms, legs, etc., are the under-servants and depen- 
dent upon the head servant (the brain) for direc- 
tion. One of the under-servants can be deprived 
of power to respond to this ruling force or cham- 
berlain by a pressure or impediment to the nerve 
through which he should receive his directions or 

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MAN LIKE AN ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANT. 

orders. Should the head servant or brain become 
disabled by excess or from other causes, a demoral- 
ization of the whole retinue of servants would re- 
sult. Lack of government, confusion, disorder, 
and neglect would render the dwelling unfit for 
habitation by the master. The mind or soul would 
then vacate and seek another shelter. 



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"Character is not of the body but of the mind or 
soul." — Jayne. 

"Good thoughts are not lost though they are not 
practiced." 






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Fig. 9. 
Ribs, Liver, Stomach, Etc. 

From the "Physician's Anatomical Aid." 
By permission of The Western Publishing House, Chicago. 



I 



INVOLUNTARY ORGANS OF MAN. 

Fig. 6 represents some of the involuntary mus- 
cles, viz. : the heart, lungs, liver, stomach, intes- 
tines, bladder, etc., the spleen and pancreas being 
back of the stomach and the kidneys back of the 
large intestines. 

These involuntary muscles which are not di- 
rectly under the control of the will, are supplied 
by the sympathetic nervous system. 

Fig. 4 represents the motor nervous system and 
the voluntary muscles which it supplies (the mus- 
cles of motion) and shows that they issue from the 
sides of the spinal cord, while the sympathetic 
system of nerves (Fig. 7) arises from the anter- 
ior portion of the spinal cord and supplies the 
involuntary organs in Fig. 6. 

The difference between voluntary and invol- 
untary muscles can better be explained or shown 
in the act of eating : Voluntary muscles are used 
to masticate the food, while involuntary muscles 
act upon the food after it is passed into the 
stomach or alimentary canal. 

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"It is the mind that maketh the body rich." 

— Shakespeare. 
"Both life and death can come in a thought." 

— Bartholomew. 
"Every physician should know or ought to know 
that the ailments of the body can not be cured as 
long as the mind is distressed. Could you get satis- 
factory service from a machine if there were an 
impediment to the force required to run the same?" 

— Bartholomew. 




Fig. 7. 
Sympathetic Nervous System. 

From Eale & Taber's Anatomical Chart. 
Courtesy C. W. Taber, Evanston, Ills. 



SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM. 

The nerves shown in Fig. 7, issuing from the 
anterior portion of the spinal cord, below the 
neck, are the sympathetic nerves which supply the 
parts represented in Fig. 6. 

The sympathetic system of nerves is a subdi- 
vision of the general nervous system. The func- 
tion of a sympathetic nerve, like that of a motor 
nerve, is to transmit impulses and nerve force. 

The picture, as a whole, represents the left 
lateral half of the brain and spinal cord. The 
spinal cord, as you will notice, is a large nerve or 
pipe, passing down from the brain through the 
spinal canal; this spinal canal being formed by 
the twenty-four vertebrae and the sacrum. Nerve 
force, vitality, energy or electricity is generated 
in the brain and passes down through the main 
pipe (the spinal cord) and out through its sympa- 
thetic branches to supply the heart, lungs, stom- 
ach, intestines, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys 
and bladder, as well as through other branches to 
supply the eye, ear, throat, arms, legs, etc. 

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The parts supplied by this sympathetic system 
of nerves may be diseased in the same manner, 
locally or generally, as are the portions supplied 
by the motor nervous system, that is, mechani- 
cally or mentally, but direct pressure can not be 
produced on any of these nerves that issue from 
the anterior part of the spinal cord to form the 
sympathetic nerve system. The twelve pairs of 
cranial nerves arise from the upper part of the 
spinal cord and inside the cranium and are there- 
fore protected by the cranium or skull. 

The thoracic or chest nerves are within the chest 
walls of the thorax, they, together with the heart 
and lungs are protected by the ribs, while those in- 
side the abdominal cavity are protected by the 
abdominal muscles and viscera. 

SPINAL DISEASES, LAME BACKS, CAUSE OF AND EFFECTS. 

Impulses may be transmitted over any of these 
nerves by a pressure upon the spinal cord at the 
point from whence they issue : Thus, pressure up- 
on the spinal cord at "a" would transmit an im- 
pulse to the heart and lungs; a similar pressure 
upon the cord a.t "b" would affect the solar plexus, 
diseasing the stomach, liver, spleen and pancreas 
which are supplied by that plexus or net work; 
while pressure at "e" would transmit an impulse 
to the kidneys, intestines and pelvic viscera, dis- 
easing those parts. Pressure may be produced 

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upon the spinal cord by one or more displaced or 
deviated vertebrae or by a contracted condition of 
the spinal muscles. 

A vertebra may be displaced or deviated from 
its normal position by a sudden wrench or strain ; 
by occupation or by an unevenly contracted condi- 
tion of the muscles and tissues surrounding the 
spinal cord. This contraction may be ihe effect 
of overexertion, cold or "grip" and atmospheric 
changes as well as by a displaced vertebra. 

All muscles and ligaments are attached to bones, 
therefore, displace a bone and the muscles attached 
are placed upon a tension, and press upon the 
thousand and one little nerves that pass around, 
through and between these contracted muscles and 
ligaments^ diseasing the part or parts supplied by 
the compressed nerves. 

As the spinal cord fills the spinal canal, the de- 
viation of a vertebra, muscle or tissue surrounding 
it, one one-hundredth part of an inch from the 
normal, produces a pressure upon it, and cuts off 
part if not all the nerve supply through it, just as 
pressure upon a hose-pipe diminishes or shuts off 
entirely the garden supply of water through the 
pipe. 

Pressure upon the spinal cord at the point from 
whence issue the nerves supplying the heart, pro- 
duces a diseased condition of the heart that simu- 
lates tachycardia, bradycardia and functional or 

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organic heart trouble ; if the pressure is where the 
impulse is transmitted to the lungs a diseased 
condition is produced that simulates incipient con- 
sumption, or, if there is pressure upon the main 
pipe from which those arise that form the solar 
plexus, the stomach, spleen, pancreas and liver 
will be affected, thus producing conditions simu- 
lating gastritis, gastralgia, dyspepsia or indiges- 
tion. If the affected nerve incapacitate the liver, 
the disease is known as jaundice or torpid liver. 
A pressure over the intestional center produces 
a condition that simulates constipation or the op- 
posite condition. In the case of the kidneys — ne- 
phritis, uraemic poisoning, brights disease or 
diabetes will be the result. 

Eeducing the dislocation or relaxing the con- 
tracted muscles by careful manipulation will re- 
lieve the condition, consequently the effect. 

There are two especially weak points in the 
spine — viz. : in the neck and the hip- joint. 

The bones of the neck are very small and frail. 
Should a person weighing approximately 150 to 
250 pounds fall upon the head, his entire weight 
would be upon the frail vertebrae or bones of the 
neck, slightly twisting one or more of them from 
the normal position, producing pressure upon the 
spinal cord. An impulse from this pressure could 
be transmitted to any of the cranial nerves ; if to 
the optic, dimness of vision would be the effect; 

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if to the auditory nerve, deafness would be pro- 
duced, and so on ad infinitum, possibly producing 
insanity or any of the numberless infirmities to 
which flesh is heir. 

Generally, any affection of the cranial nerves 
due to pressure upon the spinal cord in the neck, 
is indicated by a tired feeling at the base of the 
brain, radiating to the shoulders, producing a 
desire to lean or rest the head upon something. 

An impulse from this same pressure can be 
transmitted in the opposite direction over the 
pneumogastrie and cardiac nerves, diseasing the 
heart, lungs and stomach, the organs to which 
these nerves lead. 

The cause of derangement, which in either case 
results in a loss of a portion of the 100 per cent, 
of necessary energy, is to be found in the pressure 
in the neck, and must be removed before the dis- 
eased condition of the eye, ear, nose, throat, heart, 
lungs, etc. can be removed, as none of the organs 
can fulfill their mission on less than their full 
quota of 100 per cent. The cause is mechanical; 
again, manipulation is necessary to remove it, but 
the mechanical impediment, bear in mind, may be 
due primarily to careless thought Which preceded 
careless action. 

The other especially weak point in the spine is 
at the hip- joint (the junction of the hip bones with 

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the sacrum and known as the lumbar region or 
" small of the back"), see Fig. 2 "a." 

The hip bones are attached to each side of the 
sacrum by ligaments, and to the hip bones the 
limbs are attached in like manner. The entire 
weight of the trunk of the body rests upon this 
joint, formed by the hip bones and sacrum. 

A large majority of lame backs and diseased 
spinal conditions are at this joint, the sacrum be- 
ing forced forward upon the innominate bones 
(hip-bones) or the hip bone is forced backward, 
in some effort, possibly in lifting, or even in such 
a simple action as lacing a shoe. This is called 
by the laity a l ' crick in the back "or a " stitch in 
the hip," but diagnosed by the physician as lum- 
bago, sciatica or rheumatism. The lumbar muscles 
when placed upon a tension, by displacing these 
bones, produce pressure upon the lumbar section 
of the spinal cord conveying impulses to the kid- 
neys, intestines and pelvic viscera, diseasing those 

I parts - 

Sacrum and innominate (hip) displacements also 
produce pressure upon the great sciatic nerve, 
transmitting an impulse along its course and im- 
peding the propulsion of nerve force to muscles 
which it supplies, thus disabling all organs and 
parts dependent upon this nerve. We have here 
another mechanical cause with which to contend ; it 

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also requires a mechanical manipulation to re- 
move. 

The good work of one of man's organs is de- 
pendent upon the harmonious work of all the 
others ; in fact, a man may be compared to a chain 
which is only so strong as its weakest link. When 
one link is defective so is the whole. One defective 
organ in the body cripples them all. By this is 
proved that a local cause produces, not only a lo- 
cal, but a general diseased condition. 

HOW INHARMONIOUS THOUGHT DISEASES THE ENTIRE 

BODY. 

A general diseased condition of the parts sup- 
plied by the sympathetic, as well as the motor 
nervous system, is also produced by continual in- 
dulgence in abnormal thought. 

Under normal conditions the brain generates 
100 per cent of nerve force or brain fluid to sup- 
ply the entire body, but if by uncontrolled thought, 
excesses or dissipation, one dissipates the bulk of 
this 100 per cent of nerve force, you will readily 
understand that the body can not be maintained 
in a natural, healthy condition upon the balance 
of energy. There should be a tank (brain) full 
of energy at all times, but if one-half the brain 
fluid leaks out there will be only half the necessary 
supply remaining to pass down through the main 
pipe (the spinal cord) and its branches to supply 

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the heart, lungs, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, 
pancreas, kidneys, bladder, eyes, ears, nose, throat, 
arms, legs — in fact, the entire body; all parts of 
the body are trying to do normal work when sup- 
plied from a tank which is only half full of energy. 
The following conditions will be the result : 

The eye is entitled to 100 per cent of nerve 
force, but if deprived of 50 per cent, dimness of 
vision will result; rob the auditory nerve of 50 
per cent, impaired hearing or deafness is the ef- 
fect; depriving the brain, itself, of 50 per cent of 
the necessary nerve force, produces insanity. A 
tired feeling is experienced at the base of the brain 
which radiates to the shoulders. The inability of 
the heart to pump the blood to all parts of the 
body on 50 per cent of the necessary force, pro- 
duces a sluggish circulation; the lungs can not 
force out the carbonic acid gas (C0 2 ) and other 
impurities of the bloiod; the stomach can not di- 
gest the food that the nutritional substances of 
the same may be assimilated; the intestines 
can not eliminate the waste, allowing the toxic 
or poisonous substances to remain and be absorbed 
by the system. The liver is sluggish, interfering 
with the normal generation and flow of gall from 
the gall bladder into the intestines. The kidneys 
can not eliminate the poisonous substance which 
it is their office to collect, and the same is absorbed 
by the system. Not only do the above named or- 

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gans lack the strength to functionate, but every 
part of the human body is robbed alike of nerve 
force and vitality. The mind can not enter into 
a conspiracy with the brain and rob the heart of 
50 per cent of nerve force and still give to each 
of the other organs 100 per cent of energy, rob the 
mind and every part of the body is robbed. The 
muscles, ligaments, tendons and tissues of the body 
are just as lifeless and useless without nerve force 
as would be the pulleys, belts, bands, etc., of a 
manufacturing plant without steam to propel 
them. If you were operating a dynamo which gen- 
erated the electricity sufficient to light a building, 
it would be impossible to give any particular lamp 
the required energy and deprive another light of a 
like amount, unless there were an impediment to 
the wire or a grounded circuit. 

When all parts of the body are diseased as 
above, by continued abnormal thought, the condi- 
tion is known as mind depletion, nerve depletion, 
nerve exhaustion or nervous prostration, which in- 
variably precedes paralysis, apoplexy or insanity. 

Paralysis is death of the tissues, produced by 
robbing them of nerve force and circulation. One 's 
brain is not unlike the physical self; the more the 
brain is exercised, the greater the amount of nerve 
force and blood required to supply it. When the 
blood vessels of the brain become engorged to that 
extent that one of them bursts, you are then said 

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to have apoplexy; while insanity is often caused 
by concentration of thought upon one subject to 
the exclusion of all others. Religious fanatics and 
inventors frequently lose their mental balance by 
concentrating their thoughts upon one absorbing 
subject which has taken possession of their mind. 

Abnormal thought can, if protracted, produce 
any and all diseases in the human body at one and 
the same time. 

If abnormal thought is in possession of the 
mind, producing the diseases referred to above, 
it must be supplanted with normal, peaceful 
wholesome thought, to give NATURE a chance to 
repair the damages. 

NATUKE IS THE PHYSICIAN. 

Physicians should bear in mind that NATURE 
is the physician, always has been, always will be, 
and that they are only her helpers or assistants, 
that it is their duty to FIND AND REMOVE 
THE CAUSE OR CAUSES which handicap her 
work, when she will effect the cure. 

If thought can produce such infinite variety of 
diseases then our thoughts, which precede our 
words and actions, must have determined our 
present condition in life, and will determine it in 
the life to come. 

Whether a patient's condition is due to mental 
tension or mechanical pressure, or both, the physi- 

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cian should always advise him regarding his 
thoughts. Guide the patient in the right trend of 
thought, for it is useless to give treatment, me- 
chanical or otherwise, if he be suffering mentally. 
Advise the patient to control his thoughts, not to 
dwell on his troubles, to avoid lurid descriptions 
of murder or divorce trials, and all that tends to 
excite him. Tell him to forget the past, to live in 
the present and not attempt to ' ' cross bridges ' ' be- 
fore coming to them. Explain to him that when 
Burns says: "Patient, cautious, self-control is 
wisdom's root," that he meant the controlling of 
one's thoughts is wisdom— that he who controls 
his thoughts is wise. 



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"Idleness is the rust that attaches to the most 
brilliant." 

— Voltaire. 

"it requires mind to accumulate great wealth and 
distribute it wisely, not physique." — Jayne. 




Fig. 8. 

Muscles of Front of Body. 

From the "Physician's Anatomical Aid." 

By permission of The Western Publishing House, Chicago. 



MUSCLES OF FRONT OF BODY. 

Fig. 8 represents the muscles of the front of the 
body. On the right is shown the first layer of 
muscles; the pectoralis major, external oblique, 
etc. On the left the second layer, the rec- 
tus, pectoralis minor, internal oblique, etc. There 
are about 500 muscles in the human body and these 
muscles are attached to the surface of the bones 
to hold the body in position. It is through the 
muscles that motion is produced. The mind tele- 
graphs nerve force (thought) to a certain set of 
muscles in keeping with the exertion. The mus- 
cles contract and approximate the bones to which 
they are attached producing motion. 

A break, breach or hernia is most liable to de- 
velop at " A," owing to the thinness of the abdom- 
inal muscles at that point, and the severe strains 
to which they are frequently subjected. 



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RIBS, LIVER, STOMACH, ETC. 

Fig. 9 shows the muscles as having been re- 
moved, exposing the exterior of the ribs, liver, 
stomach, small and large intestines and bladder. 
These, as well as the organs of the entire body, are 
supplied with nerves (pipes) to convey brain fluid 
(thought or nerve force) for the performance of 
their separate functions. 



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"Sufficient to know that as we live our today de- 
termines our tomorrow." 




Fig. 10. 
Exterior of Lungs, Etc. 

From the "Physician's Anatomical Aid." 
By permission of The Western Publishing House, Chicago. 



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EXTERIOR OF LUNGS, ETC. 

In Fig. 10 the ribs have been removed, exposing 
the exterior of the lungs, showing the left lung 
to consist of two lobes, while the right consists of 
three. Each lobe is divided and subdivided into 
smaller lobes called lobules. The lungs resemble 
elastic bags suspended in a half -inflated state in 
an air-tight cavity formed by the ribs (which are 
movable) or chest walls. The pleura or covering 
of the lungs is of the same formation as the inner 
surface of the chest or thorax that surrounds them. 
The pleura diminishes friction in the pleural cav- 
ity during respiration or breathing — therefore, it 
is a protection. The exterior of the lungs comes 
in contact with the inner surface of the ribs at all 
times, there being no space between the lungs and 
the inner surface of the chest. 

The other organs are the same as shown in pre- 
ceding Fig. 9, the function of which will be ex- 
plained later. 

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"God has filled the world with things we can see 
to tell us of things we can not see." 







Fig. 11. 
Interior of Lungs, Etc. 

From the "Physician's Anatomical Aid." 
By permission of The Western Publishing House, Chicago. 



INTEEIOE OF LUNGS, ETC. 

Fig. 11 represents the inside of the lungs with 
the heart little to left of center. The light colored 
lines in the lungs represent the air passages or 
bronchioles through which the air is conveyed to 
the lung tissues. 

The office of the lungs is to eliminate during 
exhalation the impurities of the blood collected by 
the veins from the tissues of the body, and supply 
the blood with oxygen for the body tissues during 
inhalation. Oxygen is food or fuel for the tissues 
of the body and is carried to them by the blood. 

The importance of breathing deeply of fresh air 
can not be over-estimated. Pulmonary troubles 
are frequently the result of shallow breathing, and 
of air that has been rendered devoid of oxygen by 
having been breathed over and over again. 

Breathe like an animal — deeply, never hold the 
breath. Shallow breathing is induced by FEAR, 
in such mental conditions as you hear described: 
' ' He stood with 'bated breath. ' ' The normal, deep, 
fearless breather is the one who is generally fear- 

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less and courageous. "Both health and disease 
can come in a breath of air" the same as life or 
death can come in a thought, therefore, pure air 
for the lungs is as essential to their perfect func- 
tion and the health of the body, as is pure food 
and kindly thought to the function of the stomach 
and intestines and to the life of man. 

In order that the lungs may functionate normal- 
ly, they must be provided with pure air from 
which energy can be extracted. In all parts of' 
the United States patients suffering from pulmo- 
nary troubles are "given up," who no more need 
die than one within reach of food need die of star- 
vation. Health may frequently be recovered by 
knowing how and what to breathe, and what and 
how to eat. 

Many patients in the initial stages of consump- 
tion could recover their strength and vigor at 
home, by pursuing the same methods as practiced 
at a sanitarium for its treatment. 



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"About the most foolish thing that can be done is 
to try to live a Christian life without Christlike 
thoughts." 

"No one was ever known to fool anyone other than 
himself." 




Fig. 12. 
Posterior Surface of Chest, Etc. 

From the "Physician's Anatomical Aid." 
By permission of The Western Publishing House. Chicago. 



POSTEEIOE SUEFACE OF CHEST. ETC. 

Fig. 12 shows the heart and lungs as having 
been removed, exposing the posterior surface of 
thorax or chest, also the oesophagus (gullet) 
through which the food is passed to the stomach. 

The liver extends over the pyloric end of the 
stomach ; it is the largest gland in the body, weigh- 
ing from 50 to 60 ounces, consists of two lobes, 
right and left, which are subdivided into smaller 
lobes called lobules. The supposed function of the 
liver is to purify the nutritional substances of the 
food, conveyed to it by the portal vein (see Fig. 
18). The gall or bile is generated in the liver, 
passed into the gall bladder, which is under the 
right lobe of the liver, thence into the small in- 
testine by way of the gall duct "C," at the right 
of the navel or umbilicus. The gall is NATURE'S 
laxative — also an antiseptic and germicide. A 
parasite in the intestines (for example, a tape- 
worm) can not live where there is a free tlow of 
gall or bile from the gall bladder or duct. 

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"Honor and fame from no condition rise, 
Act well your part, there all the honor lies."- 



-Pope. 




Opening for lesser spl^W 

The Diaphragm (Gray) 



THE DIAPHBAGM. 

The diphragm (a partition or wall) is here rep- 
resented, showing the under surface. The heart 
and lungs are above, while the liver, stomach and 
other abdominal viscera are below this partition. 
It separates the chest cavity from the abdominal. 
It is the chief muscle of respiration and expulsion, 
is muscular at its edges and tendonous at the cen- 
ter. Sudden contraction of this muscle produced 
by an excess of nerve force passing to it through 
the phrenic nerve, causes hiccoughs. Pressure 
upon the phrenic nerve decreases the amount of 
energy, thus allaying the condition. 



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"We seldom repent of having eaten too little." — 

— Jefferson. 




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Fig. 13. 
Alimentary Tract or Canal. 

From the "Physician's Anatomical Aid." 
permission of The Western Publishing House, Chicago. 






ALIMENTARY TEACT OR CANAL. 

Fig. 13 represents the alimentary tract or canal 
through which food passes after mastication. The 
oesophagus (first part of the alimentary canal) 
conveys the food to the stomach through the ori- 
fice or opening known as the cardiac, and out 
through the second opening, the pyloric, into the 
small intestine, a continuation of the stomach. 
The first 12 inches of the small intestine is called 
the duodenum, the upper two-fifths of the remain- 
der the jejunum and the lower three-fifths the 
ileum. 

The large intestine is a continuation of the small 
at "A." The different parts of the large intes- 
tine are the coecum, ascending colon, transverse 
colon, descending colon. 

The sigmoid flexure and extreme end of the 
lower bowel are not shown in this picture. The 
vermiform appendix is shown on right-hand side 
"B," near the junction pf the small with the large 
intestine. Remembering that the appendix is on 
the right side of the abdominal cavity, will help 
to keep in mind the arrangement of the intestines. 



The stomach and intestines are an important 
link in the " human chain" and each link requires 
equal consideration. 

After a day of physical labor the night 's rest is 
necessary for recuperation. When the stomach has 

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digested three square meals during the day, it 
should not be imposed upon by having to work all 
night after being gorged with the most indigestible 
viands. When the stomach is at work the proper 
rest is impossible. 

The stomach and intestines are to the body what 
a cylinder and separator are to a threshing ma- 
chine. The cylinder and separator will handle 
a certain amount of grain ; all over its normal ca- 
pacity will clog the cylinder and disable the ma- 
chine. So with the human thresher, given more 
food than it requires, the machinery (organs of 
digestion, alimentation and elimination) becomes 
clogged or over-taxed and the surplus nutrition 
will be eliminated with difficulty. 

The action of the intestines or bowels depends 
largely upon what, when and how we eat. It is 
not so much the quality or amount of food that 
furnishes energy for the human system and re- 
builds wasted tissues, as it is harmony of thought. 
This is evidenced by the fact that different ones 
have fasted from 20 to 60 days ; also from the fact 
that Japanese soldiers, carrying heavy loads, have 
marched and fought for several days on a daily 
ration consisting of a handful of rice. On a like 
amount of nourishment they haul a jinrikisha and 
its burden the entire day without loss of weight 
or strength. Furthermore, if the mind is in a state 
of inharmony, no matter how nutritious the food 

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ALIMENTARY TRACT OR CANAL. 

may be, it will not be normally digested and as- 
similated. How common an occurrence to be 
robbed of appetite at meal-time by some mental 
inharmony ! Neither the organs of digestion, nor 
any other parts of the body can be expected to do 
normal work when those parts are suffering from 
robbery, of nerve force or energy through the 
brain — due to abnormal thought or excesses. 

Liquid foods are absorbed by the system, the 
waste being eliminated as perspiration through 
the skin, vapor from the lungs and urine from the 
kindeys. None passes through the bowels. Only 
the waste from solid food enters the bowels and 
is eliminated by them. Of a pound of beef-steak 
and vegetables, four-fifths will be digested and as- 
similated, leaving one-fifth to be eliminated by 
evacuation of the bowels as waste. Therefore the 
amount of waste or excrement eliminated by the 
bowels must be in proportion to the solid food of 
which one partakes. 

NATURE ELIMINATES WASTE. 

NATURE eliminates the excrement, and if 
helped too much, she becomes lazy and inert; if 
assisted this evening with a laxative, tomorrow she 
will rest complacently and say: "You helped me 
last evening, do the same tonight." She works 
faithfully if not hindered. Proper advice, manip- 
ulation and exercise will prevent the handicap. 

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EFFECT OF LAXATIVES. 

A laxative goads the intestines to over-work, an 
excess of secretion (lubricant) of the inner surface 
of the intestines is produced, causing temporarily 
a diuretic condition leaving a dry inner surface of 
the bowel, which afterwards hinders the excrement 
passing through the intestines and causes directly 
a constipated condition. Before resorting to medi- 
cine of any sort, one should ask the question: 
' < What is the CAUSE of my illness and will what 
I am about to do, or this concoction I am about to 
take into my stomach, remove the CAUSE? Not 
knowing the CAUSE, medicine is liable to go as 
wide of the mark as a rifleman's shot in trying to 
"make a bull's eye," if he were hoodwinked. 

PHYSICIANS CAN NOT PRESCRIBE DIET. 

Physicians can not prescribe a diet for the pa- 
tient unless in serious cases, like typhoid fever, 
where a liquid diet is necessary. The patient 
knows or should know best, the food that agrees 
with him. The author has treated patients who 
have been made sick for a considerable time by a 
strawberry and others, apparently suffering from 
the same disease, who could, if they had the ca- 
pacity, eat a peck and feel no ill effects, proving 
conclusively that "what is meat for one may be 
poison for another.'' 



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"Life is not a 
worth grinding." 



grind to the man who has a grist 




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Fig. 14. 
Large Intestine. 

From the "Physician's Anatomical Aid." 
permission of The Western Publishing House, 



Chicago. 



LARGE INTESTINE. 

Fig. 14 represents the beginning and end of the 
large intestine. On the right of the abdomen "A" 
is where the small intestine (which has been re- 
moved) unites with the large. The ileo-ooecal 
valve which prevents the regurgitation of the 
excreta, after passing into the large intestine, is 
at this point. The ascending colon is on the right, 
the descending colon, sigmoid flexure and extreme 
end of lower bowel on the left. The transverse 
colon is not shown. The appendix "B" is on the 
right side of the abdomen. The sigmoid flexure 
(S-shaped) is a sack or pouch into which the ex- 
crement of the large intestine passes, where it is 
subjected to a drying-out process before it is 
ready for elimination. Were it not for this pouch 
the excrement of the intestines would pass directly 
into the end of the large bowel and create a con- 
tinual desire to defecate. 

The stomach, small and large intestines are held 
in position in the abdominal cavity by the perito- 
neum and ligaments. 

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"Knoiv Thyself" is good advice, but know about 
your neighbor's is the general practice." 




Fig. 15. 

Spleen, Pancreas, Kidneys, Etc. 

From the "Physician's Anatomical Aid." 

By permission of The Western Publishing House, Chicago. 



SPLEEN, PANCREAS, KIDNEYS, ETC. 

Fig. 15 represents the spleen, pancreas, kidneys, 
ureters (pipes which convey the urine from the 
kidneys to the bladder) and bladder. 

The spleen (a gland) is located on the left side 
of the body, back of the stomach, and is held in 
position in the abdominal cavity, below the dia- 
phragm, by tissues and ligaments. Nothing is 
known of its function, its office is subject to con- 
jecture, based on theory. Some physiologists 
claim it is a safety valve for the liver, and others, 
that its function is the formation of the white cor- 
puscles of the blood. 

The pancreas generates the pancreatic juice 
which combines with the bile or gall and flows into 
the intestines. This combination of pancreatic 
juice and bile acts upon the food in both, small and 
large intestines, converting the chyme of the stom- 
ach into the chyle of the intestines. 

The kidneys are glands, about four inches in 
length and weigh from four to five ounces. The 
right kidney is lower than the left, on account of 

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the liver occupying the space above it and forcing 
it down. The kidneys collect certain waste sub- 
stances or poisonous products circulating in the 
blood. They also collect liquid substances direct 
from the alimentary tract when taken in large 
quantities. Excess liquids do not pass into the 
blood and tissues, but are taken up directly by the 
kidneys and passed off as urine through the ure- 
ters (pipes) to the bladder. 

Water should be taken in sufficient quantity to 
flush the kidneys, as the bulk of liquid waste is 
passed through and eliminated from the system 
by them, especially in winter when less is passed 
off through the tissues by evaporation, sweat or 
perspiration. 



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"It won't help your own crop to sit on the fence 
and count the weeds in your neighbor's field." 




Fig. 16. 
The Arterial System. 

Through, courtesy of The Clark Engraving & Printing Co.. 
Milwaukee, Wis. 



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ARTERIAL SYSTEM. 

Fig. 16 represents the arterial system, which in 
formation is similar to the motor nervous system. 
As Fig. 4 shows all the principal nerves arising 
from the spinal cord, so Fig. 16 shows that all 
the principal arteries arise from one main ar- 
tery which extends from the top part of the heart 
to the branches which extend down either leg. 

The heart, an organ about the size of one's 
doubled hand, is here shown as the head of the ar- 
terial system; it is a pump that forces the blood 
to all parts of the body through the arteries that 
the nutriment and oxygen of the blood may be 
deposited in the tissues. The blood, pumped to 
all parts of the body through the arteries, is re- 
turned to the heart through the veins. 



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commit a greater one." 







Fig. 17. 
The Venous System. 

Through courtesy of The Clark Engraving & Printing Go. 
Milwaukee, Wis. 



VENOUS SYSTEM. 

The superior vena cava and its branches (Fig. 
17) collect the blood above, while the inferior vena 
cava (large vein) and its branches collect that be- 
low the heart and retnrn it to that organ. Thns 
the heart pumps or rams the pure blood through 
the arteries, carrying nutrition and oxygen to the 
tissues, while the veins, after the nutritional sub- 
stances of the arterial blood is deposited in the tis- 
sues, return to the heart the waste, toxic and poi- 
sonous substances collected; in other words, re- 
turn the impure blood to be purified, revivified and 
sent on its journey as before. 



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"A man's prosperity depends largely upon his 
health." — Common Sense. 

"Checking useless expenditures will enable you to 
draw a check for necessary ones." 

"Not the possession of money, but to Know Thyself 
spells wealth." — Bartholomew. 



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Fig. 18. 
Organs of Digestion and Circulation. 

From the "Physician's Anatomical Aid." 
By permission of The Western Publishing House, Chief 



OKGANS OF DIGESTION AND CIRCU- 
LATION. 

Fig. 18 is a distorted picture, that is, the organs 
of digestion and circulation are not represented 
in their normal positions. The picture represents 
a combination of the arterial and venous blood 
systems, and is arranged principally to make 
the first two preceding pictures clearer and 
to show how the blood circulates, carrying the 
nutritional substance of the food through the body, 
and how the blood is pumped by the heart to all 
parts of the body and is by this same action forced 
to return to the heart through the veins. 

WHY FOOD IS NECESSAKY. 

The organs of digestion have been described, 
also the course food takes after it passes into the 
alimentary canal. The question may be in order : 
For what purpose is food taken into the system 
and what becomes of it? Food is necessary, since 
from it, an conjunction with the air we breathe, is 
formed 4jie nutriment of the blood to rebuild waste 
of tissues incident to oxidation. Oxidation is due 

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to exercise of whatever nature or however slight. 
There is also a constant liberation of energy in the 
production of muscular work and in the evolution 
of heat, going on in the body, consequently the 
various tissues of the body, like a machine, are 
subject to wear and tear. The waste product, due 
to disintegration of the tissues and to combustion, 
are eliminated, by the lungs as carbonic acid gas 
(C0 2 ) — through the skin as perspiration and 
through the kidneys and bowels as urine and ex- 
crement, as has been previously stated. To make 
good the above loss, food is required. 

Blood consists of white and red corpuscles and 
other solid bodies or tissues floating in a liquid 
medium; the quality of the blood depends princi- 
pally upon the nature of the food taken into the 
alimentary tract, and the purity of the air into the 
lungs. 

HOW FOOD IS DIGESTED AND ASSIMILATED. 

By referring to Fig. 18 and reading carefully 
the following paragraphs you will understand how 
the nutritional substances of food are separated 
and conveyed to the blood vessels to combine with 
the blood. 

Food should be thoroughly masticated and 
mixed with the saliva, which is an alkaline sub- 
stance. It is then passed into the stomach where 
it is acted upon by the gastric juice (an acid) 



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DIGESTION AND CIRCULATION. 

changing the food into a substance called chyme, 
thence into the small intestine where it is acted 
upon by the bile and pancreatic juice which 
change the substance (chyme) into chyle. The 
amount of nutriment extracted depends largely 
upon the fundamental work of properly chewing 
the food and one's mental condition. 

The arrows in the alimentary tract (Fig. 18) 
show the course of the food in passing through the 
stomach, small and large intestines. 

The double-headed arrows show course and di- 
rection taken by the nutrient substances of the food 
after it seeps through the walls of the stomach, 
small and large intestines to be transported by the 
portal vein and thoracic duct to the inferior and 
superior venae oavae (large veins) to become part 
of the blood. 

The nutrient substances of food seep through 
the walls of the stomach and intestines and are 
taken up by the tributaries of the portal vein 
(shown in Fig. 18) namely: The splenic (from 
the spleen), the gastric (from the stomach) and 
the superior and inferior mesenteric (from the 
walls of the small and large intestines). These 
four veins or tributaries of the portal vein collect 
the bulk of the nutrient substances from the food 
as they seep through the stomach and intestinal 
walls, and convey them to the portal vein, which 
in turn conveys them to the liver. In this organ 

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the nutrient substances of the food are subjected 
to a purifying process and then passed through 
the hepatic vein of the liver into the inferior large 
vein (the inferior vena cava) thus reaching the 
blood and becoming part of it. 

The nutrient material intended for the system 
and not collected by the portal system, is collected 
by the lacteals and passed into the thoracic duct 
(lower "A") which conveys the same to the left 
sub-clavian vein (upper "A"), thence into the 
superior vena cava where it becomes part of the 
blood and passes to the heart. 

HOW THE BLOOD CIRCULATES. 

The following is a description of the course 
which the blood takes from the time it leaves the 
heart until it returns to it. 

The arrows in the heart, arteries and veins show 
the course taken by the blood after leaving the left 
ventricle (1) until it is returned to the heart. 

There are four cavities or chambers of the heart, 
the right (4) and the left auricles (8) and the 
right (5) and left ventricles (1). When the heart 
contracts or beats, the blood is forced out from the 
left ventricle (1), passing through the arteries (2) 
to all parts of the body. The four cavities of the 
heart contract almost simultaneously, the left ven- 
tricle (1) emptying when it contracts, filling when 
it relaxes or dilates. From the left ventricle (1) 

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DIGESTION AND CIRCULATION. 

the blood is pumped or forced out through the ar- 
teries (represented by the dark lines in Fig. 18) 
which carry the pure blood to all parts of the sys- 
tem through which they and their infinite number 
of branches course. 

The arterial blood deposits the oxygen and nu- 
trient substances it contains in the tissues of the 
body (which may be either bone, muscle, ligament 
or tendon) to combine with them. As the blood 
seeps or oozes through the tissues it collects the 
waste products or impurities, passing the same 
into the veins (3) which convey the impure blood 
back to the right auricle of the heart (4). The 
inferior vena cava and its branches collect the im- 
pure blood below the heart, while the superior 
vena cava and its branches collect the impure 
blood above the heart and convey the same to the 
heart. Both these large veins empty into the right 
auricle (4) of the heart, while the blood when leav- 
ing the heart is forced out from the left ventricle 
(1). Veins are called the sewers of the body, be- 
cause they carry away the waste products from 
the different tissues of the body. 

The blood returned to the right auricle (4) by 
the large veins is passed to the right ventricle 
(5), thence through pulmonary artery (6) to the 
lungs (7) where it remains until exhalation elim- 
inates the carbonic acid gas (C0 2 ) and inhalation 
supplies the oxygen for absorption by the blood, 

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when it is said to be purified or re oxygenated, and 
then passed from the lungs (7) to the left auricle 
(8), thence to the left ventricle (1) from whence 
it is again pumped out into the system. 

One^thirteenth of the body's weight is blood, 
which makes the circuit through the arteries and 
back to the heart through the veins every forty 
seconds, consequently a healthy condition depends 
absolutely upon an equal or normal circulation, 
while abnormal circulation is invariably accom- 
panied by a diseased condition. If the circulation 
is normal, one may, with safety, visit any hospital 
where contagious diseases are treated, without 
fear. Why? Because when the blood circulates 
normally or equally, it immediately surrounds, 
destroys and removes (much as rats would sur- 
round and devour a piece of cheese) the so-called 
contagious germs, impurities or waste, communi- 
cated to the visitor by way of the lungs or stomach 
or absorption through the skin. 

CANCEES, TUMOES AND GEOWTHS, HOW FOEMED. 

Circulation as well as the caliber of the blood 
vessels is governed by the vaso motor nerves (ves- 
sel-moving nerves) that pass to the walls of the 
blood vessels, hence it follows that a defective gen- 
eral circulation is caused by handicapping the dy- 
namo or brain which is at the head of the nervous 
system, thus producing a nervous collapse and 

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placing the system in a condition susceptible to 
disease. Cancers, tumors and growths are liable 
to form when the physical condition is as described 
above. 

These diseases are a result of depleted physical 
condition and sluggish circulation ; the lungs, bow- 
els, kidneys and excretory glands are inactive, thus 
allowing the poisonous substance, which it is their 
office to collect and eliminate, to remain in the sys^ 
tern. 

In poor circulation the blood fails to flow freely 
through the firmer tissues of the body on account 
of the weakened condition of the heart. Some mi- 
nute particjes (of which the blood consists) find 
lodgment at some point, say upon the breast, and 
other particles are deposited at the same point on 
account of the obstruction, forming into a growth 
and is, by the ' ' specialist, ' ' diagnosed as a tumor 
or cancer. 

On the same principle drift-wood is deposited 
in a shallow or sluggish stream where the current 
is not sufficiently strong to carry it away. One 
piece of drift-wood finds lodgment upon the bank, 
another is deposited by its side, thus an obstruc- 
tion is formed. Dearth of water placed it there, 
and water alone will remove it when the current 
becomes normal. 

It is the office of the blood to remove the bodily 
obstruction in like manner, and when the circula- 

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tion is perfected in and about the growth, as well 
as through the body, this will have been accom- 
plished. But the fact should be borne in mind 
that if the patient is suffering mentally it is ut- 
terly useless to treat him mechanically or medic- 
inally until such mental lesion is removed. The 
mental lesion or cause not only hinders physical 
progress, but is an impediment in all the pursuits 
of life. 

BLOOD TO THE BODY WHAT WATER IS TO A BUILDING. 

Blood is to the body what water is to a building 
or city. The combined arterial and venous sys- 
tems (Fig. 18) are similar to the water and sewer 
pipe systems of a large, modern building. If 
a water pipe is broken or occluded, the part of 
the building to which the pipe leads will be de- 
prived of water. If the pump is broken which 
forces the water to all parts of the building, then 
the entire building will be rendered unfit for oc- 
cupancy, as the sewage can not be carried off with- 
out its aid. The same untenantable condition will 
be produced if the sewer system is defective and 
the waste and poisonous products of the building 
accumulate. 

The human building (man) can be rendered un- 
sanitary in like manner. If the arterial circula- 
tion is impeded by a direct pressure upon the ves- 
sels, or by robbing the heart (the force-pump) of 

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energy by indulgence in abnormal thought or by 
an impediment to the nerve force supplying same, 
then the tissues of the body will be deprived of the 
life-giving nutrition which would have been de- 
posited in them by the blood. 

Or, if there be an obstruction to the venous cir- 
culation, hindering the elimination of the waste 
products formed in the system and which it is the 
office of the veins to collect and eliminate, then dis- 
ease will take possession of and invade the system. 

The obstruction, as in all the foregoing in- 
stances, is oftener the result of abnormal thought 
than of physical origin. Advise the patient to 
avoid thinking of his troubles ; suggest to him f or- 
getf ulness of an unpleasant past and that it is suf- 
ficient to live in the present, without having to 
overcome imaginary obstacles. Don't " cross 
bridges" before coming to them. Impress upon 
the patient's mind that his strength is only suffi- 
cient to enable him to bear the burdens of the day, 
not of the ages to come. Apropos of this Jeffer- 
son says : "How much pain the evils have cost us 
that have never happened. ' ' 

MODERATION IN ALL THINGS NECESSARY. 

The foregoing, explaining the effect of thought 
upon the circulation and general health, should im- 
press the reader with the importance of protect- 
ing the storehouse of energy and giving it the same 

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consideration as the bank account, also with the 
fact that over-indulgeneies are the outcome of ab- 
normal thinking, and make him realize the impor- 
tance of adopting for a motto " moderation in all 
things." It is necessary that every one become 
better acquainted with Self — know how his nerve 
force is generated, how dissipated, the effects of 
such dissipation and the importance of conserv- 
ing or saving one's nerve force or vitality, thus 
protecting the Vital Bank Account, for without a 
good Vital Bank Account he can not make and 
maintain a full Cash Account, 

There is probably no living person who has not, 
at some time, been possessed by a harrowing 
thought that robbed him of his energy and vital- 
ity, and when freed from it, wondered what had 
been worrying him. Has he ever realized on one 
per cent of his disagreeable anticipations! Prob- 
ably not, but a check has been cashed by the Bank 
of Vitality, upon which no value in dollars and 
cents can be placed, and can only be estimated in 
loss of nerve force and the inharmonious condi- 
tions which result. 

He drew, knowingly, a check in favor of some 
one for a wrong done himself. 

He should bear in mind that the greatest amount 
of capital that he can have in his Vital Bank is 
100 per cent, and that he can not have the sur- 

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plus in this vital bank that there is in some cash 
bank accounts. 

He should remember that when the bank of vi- 
tality is partly depleted, it should be repleted 
by economy of nerve force, as the cash bank ac- 
count is replenished by saving the cents and dol- 
lars, that health is wealth, also that a brim-full 
storehouse, the result of pure, wholesome and 
fearless thoughts, is priceless. 



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"Moderation in all things should he the motto of 
mankind." — Bartholomew. 

"He who reigns within and rules his passions, 
desires and fears is more than a king." — Marshall. 

"That which is unworthy of perpetuity should not 
be transmitted to children." 







Fig. 19. 
Female Pelvic Viscera. 

From the "Physician's Anatomical Aid." 
By permission of The Western Publishing House, Chicago. 



FEMALE PELVIC VISCEEA. 

Fig. 19 represents the extreme end of the lower 
bowel or large intestine, interior of vagina, fallo- 
pian tubes, womb and ovaries. In the right ovary 
are shown the graffian follicles, one of which rip- 
ens every 28 days and bursts, passing the ovum 
off through the fallopian tubes to be eliminated 
through the uterus and vagina. During this time 
(menstruation) the uterus or womb becomes in- 
ternally congested and several ounces of blood or 
toxic substance is eliminated. The graffian folli- 
cles of the ovary continue to ripen until the meno- 
pause (change of life) when they are exhausted. 
The change of life occurs later with women who 
have borne children. This is accounted for by the 
fact that the mother does not menstruate from the 
time of conception until from three to twelve 
months after confinement or labor. It is perfectly 
natural that women should bear children and God 
has made this provision, that while supplying sus- 
tenance to the offspring, she lose none necessary 
to her own well being. 

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"Thought is a force a thousand times more pow- 
erful than bullets and boyonets." 

"The mothers of great men and women deserve 
equally as much, if not more honor, than the great 
men and women themselves." 

— Bartholomew. 







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Fig. 20. 

Beginning of Gestation (Conception). 

From the "Physician's Anatomical Aid." 

By permission of The Western Publishing House, Chicago. 



BEGINNING OF GESTATION. 

Fig. 20 represents the condition of the womb 
soon after conception. A sac, called the placenta, 
forms around the germ, embryo or foetus "A," 
and immediately the uterus or womb begins to en- 
large, accommodating itself to the condition, forc- 
ing the mouth of the womb "B" lower into the 
vagina. 

In the above and the two succeeding pictures 
the small intestines are not shown. 



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"Is not the propagation of the human species of 
more importance than the raising of stock to in- 
crease your herds?" 




Fig. 21. 
Three Months After Conception. 

Prom the "Physician's Anatomical Aid." 
By permission of The Western Publishing House, Chicago. 






"One's characteristics are in keeping with one's 
mother's mind during pre-natal life." — Bartholomew. 




Fig. 22. 
Seven Months After Conception. 

From the "Physician's Anatomical Aid." 
By permission of The Western Publishing House, Chicago. 






SEVEN MONTHS AFTER CONCEPTION. 

Fig. 22 shows stage of development of the foe- 
tus seven months after conception. The umbilical 
vein and artery are shown in connection with the 
placenta which surrounds the foetus. The pla- 
centa supplies the foetus with blood which is re- 
ceived from the mother's system thus taking the 
place of the heart and lungs, since in the entire 
pre-natal state these organs are inactive ; when the 
air comes in contact with the foetus during labor 
or confinement, they begin their work. The air 
has a stimulating effect upon the child and pro- 
duces respiration or action of the heart and lungs. 
This fact alone makes it necessary that there 
should be a head presentation in labor in order to 
avoid suffocation. 



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"Noble thoughts make the foundation for noble 
manhood." — Segno. 

"Be the kind of a parent you would have your 
children become." 

"Homes are built, not of stones, but of pure and 
wholesome thoughts." — Bartholomew. 




Pig. 23. 
Child and Placenta. 

From the "Physician's Anatomical Aid." 
By permission of The Western Publishing House, Chicago. 



CHILD AND PLACENTA. 



Fig. 23 represents the child after delivery or 
birth and before the umbilical vessels have been 
severed. In it is observable the placenta, which 
surrounded the child when in the womb, and per- 
formed the offices of heart and lungs before birth 
or during gestation. 

PRE-NATAL INFLUENCES. 

When explaining the workings of the organs of 
the body, it is not out of place to again suggest 
that the trend of the mother's thoughts during 
its pre-natal life is directly responsible for her 
child's mental, moral and physical condition, and 
that the post-natal education would be less stren- 
uous if the pre-natal conditions and surroundings 
were considered scientifically. 

There is no doubting the fact that the em- 
bryological or pre-natal stage is of the utmost 
importance. During this period the foundation 
is built, and the different circumstances attending 
the development of each foetus account for the 
difference in dispositions, minds and habits of 

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children of the same family. The environments 
and conditions by which the mother is surrounded 
during pregnancy with one child usually differ 
materially from those of all others. 

The mother can do much to shape and control 
the mental and physical condition of her off- 
spring. To her state of mind during the stage 
of gestation is often traceable the traits of the 
child, whether they be those of the criminal, 
genius or saint. 

Many an artist's mother has been known to 
have been a great admirer of nature and art. 

Napoleon's mother was on the battle field with 
her husband the greater part of her son's pre- 
natal life. 

Every mother whose offspring shows special 
mental or physical development, whether for good 
or evil, can recognize the influence or cause that 
produced the effect. 

The environment of the mother during gesta- 
tion should be such as to afford her peace of mind 
— harmony of thought. 

None but pure and wholesome thoughts should 
be exchanged between the parents or entertained 
at time of conception and during gestation, that 
the child may inherit a mind that will reflect 
credit upon them. 

The certainty of the father's thought affecting 
the mind of the foetus, through the mind of the 

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mother, is evidenced from the fact that when con- 
genial parents have lived together for years, their 
minds and thoughts are similar, that is, their 
minds are in tune with each other. Each mind 
is a receiver or sensitive plate, to a certain extent, 
for the other's thoughts so that when thoughts 
emanate from the mind of one, whether good or 
bad, these thoughts are transmitted to the mind 
of the other parent intuitively, never failing to 
influence the mind of the foetus. These thought 
vibrations are received as impressions — as 
intuitions. 

If, at the time of and after conception, the 
father entertains treacherous or deceptive 
thoughts, they cannot be hidden from the mother. 
If deceptive thoughts emanate from the mind of 
the mother, the father receives them intuitively. 

"As a person thinketh, so is he." As is the 
mother's mind during the period of gestation, so 
will be the mind of the child. 

The foregoing is true, not only of human moth- 
ers, but of all mothers throughout the animal 
kingdom. 

When I was quite young my parents purchased 
a Morgan mare, after eating her hay and grain, 
she would devote her time to kicking the side of 
the stall or stable door. Her daughter, grand- 
daughter and great grand child were just as 
anxious (when not provided with hay and grain) 

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to kick down the same stable door as was their 
ancestor, showing how, through thought, the 
habits and ways of ancestors are "handed down" 
or inherited by the children of the third and 
fourth generations. 

On account of lack of mental development and 
speech to clothe their thoughts, animal thought 
is not as varied as that of man. They think 
and act in grooves, transmitting this same line of 
thought to their progeny, which accounts for the 
continuation of the same characteristics, both of 
appearance and actions in animals of any given 
specie. This is exemplified by cats catching mice, 
setters and pointers locating game, hounds chas- 
ing rabbits and foxes, birds going south in 
winter and returning in summer — all following 
the same line of thought as their ancestors. 

A child conceived in sin and gestated in crime 
seldom escapes the natural consequence — a life 
of crime. This statement can be proven by an ex- 
amination of the records of criminologists, where- 
in it is shown that criminal mothers have been the 
progenitors of a large majority of degenerates, 
and the antecedents of from 400 to 500 beings who 
have led criminal lives are given, showing their 
criminal inheritance. 

There is an old saying that "blood will tell," 
but it is not the blood that tells — it is the mind 
that tells. 

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Could parents read a record of their children 
from 10 to 40 years after birth and in that record 
note a list of crimes committed by them, only a 
very small percentage would take unto them- 
selves the blame for those crimes, and the rest 
would doubtless say: " their children got into bad 
company and were led astray.' ' Why did they 
get into bad company? Criminal instincts were 
implanted or woven into their minds prior to 
birth and they sought companionship of their 
kind. 

So it naturally follows that crime has the same 
attraction for these children as water for a duck, 
it is an inherited tendency, a natural possession. 

Many criminals are serving time for offences 
for which their parents should have been held 
responsible ! 

In many cases the parents or their ancestors 
should have been executed instead of the poor 
fellow who received the sentence! 

Parents should remember that it is more 
creditable to have a good descendant than a good 
ancestor, and that the minds of their children 
are reflections or reproductions of theirs during 
the pre-natal life. 

PKUDERY A CRIME. 

When the home is blest with a "little visitor" 
the parents ' work is just begun — only the f ounda- 

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tion has been constructed, after which the good 
work should be continued by giving the best 
advice. Parents should give their children the 
benefit of such of their life experiences as may be 
profitable to them. Make companions of them 
and invite their confidence. 

Many a girl has been made an invalid for life 
through the prudishness and carelessness of her 
parents who thought it a crime to give her in- 
formation regarding the care necessary at 
puberty (beginning of menstruation) and after- 
life. 

Parents should realize that prudery is a crime 
— that it is wrong to withold knowledge from 
their children that will help them to protect their 
mental, moral and physical being. 



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"In our mind's eye we see success on the hilltop; 
we can reach it with steadfast purpose and clean 
thoughts to help us in the climb." — Bartholomew. 




Fig. 24. 
Muscles of Right Bye. (Gray) 



MUSCLES OF EIGHT EYE. 

Fig. 24 represents the right eye and muscles of 
same (six in number). Every tissue of the eye, 
as well as the eye-ball, is supplied with nerves and 
nerve force, as are all other tissues of the body. 
Four and one-half pairs of cranial nerves supply 
the eyes, which are one-ninth the nervous system. 



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"The darkest hour in any man's life is when he 
sits down to plan how to get money without earning 
it." — Horace Greeley. 




Fig. 25. 
Tissues of Eye. 



TISSUES OF EYE. 

Fig. 25 represents the different tissues of the 
eye. 

"1" represents the cornea which is in front of 
the eye, similar to the crystal of a watch. The 
cornea is a clear, transparent, hard tissue sub- 
stance and forms one-sixth the covering of the 
eye-ball. The sclerotic coat forms the other five- 
sixths of the covering. 

"2" represents the aqueous humor. It is a 
clear, watery fluid which fills the space between 
the cornea and crystalline lens. The iris divides 
it into two compartments. 

"3" represents the crystalline lens. It is a 
firm, transparent muscle, capable of increasing or 
decreasing its convexity by the muscles of accom- 
modation, which are shown in the upper and 
lower extremities of the lens. 

"4" represents the vitreous humor, which is a 
transparent, gelatinous mass, closely resembling 
the white of an egg. It occupies the space back 
of the lens, that is, the large cavity in the rear of 
the eye. 

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The cornea, aqueous humor, crystalline lens, 
and vitreous humor are the refracting media of 
the eye, that is, they refract or break the rays of 
light so that they are focused on the retina and 
transmitted to the brain. 

u 5" represents- the retina, a very sensitive or 
nervous membrane upon which the rays of light 
or images are focused and transmitted to the 
brain by the optic nerve. The point of greatest 
sensitiveness on the retina is known as the "yel- 
low spot" (6). 

"7" represents the optic nerve of which the 
retina is an expansion. This nerve connects the 
eye with the brain. The images which are re- 
flected upon the retina are transmitted to the 
brain by this nerve (the optic). 



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"All knowledge is the kindling of the small light 
from the Great Light that illuminates the world." 




Fig. 26. 
Normal or Perfect Eye (Binmetropia) 



NORMAL OR PERFECT EYE. 

Fig. 26 represents a normal or emmetropic eye, 
one in which all rays of light are focused upon the 
the retina. Only one per cent, of the adults of the 
United States have perfect or emmetropic eyes. 
The tissues of the eye can be likened to a stereopti- 
con (magic lantern) ; the cornea and crystalline 
lens to the focusing lens ; the retina to the screen 
upon which objects are reflected to be transmitted 
over the optic nerve to the brain and perceived by 
the mind. 



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"The measure of your thought is the measure of 
your success." 







Fig. 27. 
Nearsighted Eye (Myopia), 



NEAB-SIGHTED EYE. 

Fig. 27 represents a near-sighted eye or what 
is generally termed "myopia." In this condi- 
tion the rays of light are focused at an imaginary 
point in front of the retina, due to over-convexity 
of the cornea. The eye-ball is bulged backward, 
forcing the eye forward and outward, giving the 
eye a prominent appearance, which you have 
doubtless noticed in near-sighted people. The 
name "near-sighted" results from the necessity 
of bringing the object nearer to the eye to focus 
the rays of light upon the retina. A concave lens 
is used to correct this defect as it scatters the 
rays of light sufficiently to allow of their being 
focused on the retina. In this condition there is a 
tendency to nearly close the eye when looking at 
an object. 



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"Success don't consist in never makin' blunders, 
but in never makin' the same one twict." 

— Josh Billings. 




Pig. 28. 
Farsighted Eye (Hypermetropia) 



FAE-SIGHTED EYE. 

Fig. 28 represents a far-sighted eye (scientifi- 
cally called Hypermetropia). You will notice this 
is a condition in which the eye-ball or cornea is 
flattened. The rays of light are focused at an im- 
aginary point back of the retina. The cornea and 
crystalline lens are not strong (convex) enough to 
break the rays of light so that they will be re- 
flected or focused on the retina. 

Glasses with convex lenses are necessary, in this 
condition, to sufficiently collect the rays of light 
that they may be focused on the retina and trans- 
mitted to the brain. 

The far-sighted person generally has vertical 
wrinkles between the eyes, from squinting in an 
effort to see near-by objects. 

In old sight, which begins about the age of forty 
in the normal eye, the cornea becomes flattened or 
rather less convex. At this time the muscles of 
accommodation lose their expansile and contrac- 
tile power. The patient then begins to hold his 
reading matter farther away from the eye, that a 

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clearer vision may be had. A tension upon the tis- 
sues and muscles of the eye when the patient is 
reading dissipates nerve force and he soon be- 
comes depleted physically, owing to the constant 
strain. Glasses should be worn for reading, if not 
for other purposes, by the majority of mankind 
at the age of forty or over. 

. The nervous system may be depleted by a leak- 
age of nerve force through the eyes, just the same 
as a steam engine can be deprived of power by a 
leakage from an open valve. Proper attention to 
the defect in the eye, fitting glasses that will cor- 
rect it will prevent the drain on the nervous sys- 
tem and eliminate a menace to both the mental and 
physical organizations. 



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"Don't be a 'dead one' in your profession." 

— Bartholomew. 




Fig. 29. 
Astigmatic Eye (Astigmatism), 



ASTIGMATIC EYE. 

Fig. 29 represents an astigmatic eye (astigmat- 
ism) which means "without a point,' ' that is, the 
rays of light as they pass through the different 
meridians of the eye are not focused at the same 
point, showing that there is more convexity in one 
meridian of the cornea than in the one to which it 
is at right angles. We will say, for instance, that 
the two outside rays of light enter in the vertical 
or 90th meridian — you will notice that they are fo- 
cused on the retina, while the two middle rays 
enter the eye at the 180th meridian (which is at 
right angles to the 90th meridian) are focused- at 
an imaginary point in front of the retina, there- 
fore a distorted image is reflected upon the retina 
and transmitted to the brain. 

The derivation of the word " astigmatism, ' ' is 
stigma, meaning a point. Astigma, meaning with- 
out a point. This condition is due to an inequality 
of curvature of the different meridians of the 
cornea. 

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My experience in treating and testing eyes con- 
vinces me that a majority of the cases of astig- 
matism is congenital (from birth), bnt may 
readily be the result of injury or disease, and may 
accompany either a near-sighted or a far-sighted 
condition. 

In order to give normal vision to an astigmatic 
eye, a spherical lens must be combined with a cyl- 
indrical. 



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'Lose this day loitering, 'twill be the same old story 
Tomorrow, and the next more dilatory, 
Fach indecision brings its own delays, 
And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. 
^re you in earnest? Then seize this very minute, 
What you can do, cr think you can, begin it; 
Once begun, and then the mind grows heated, 
Begin it, and the work will be completed." — Goethe. 




Fig. 30. 
The Author's Astigmatic Chart. 



THE AUTHOR'S ASTIGMATIC CHART. 

Fig. 30 represents a chart of especial value to 
oculists and physicians in determining the axial 
meridian in astigmatism. It is absolutely correct. 
The patient PROVES the correctness of the test. 
Saves time. Saves nerve force of the patient. No 
computations necessary to determine the meridian 
at which axis of cylinder should be placed in trial 
frame, thus avoiding mistakes, so frequent, by 
oculists when testing for axial meridian. The 
accuracy and value of this chart is due to the 
unique arrangement of numbers on the Wheel and 
Disc and to the combination of the Wheel and 
Disc in one chart. 

The merits of this chart can not be determined 
by this miniature picture. Every physician should 
possess one of the charts that he may (at a glance) 
test his own, as well as his patient's eyes for 
astigmatism, since a large majority of mankind 
is afflicted with it. The simplicity of the chart en- 
ables a physician to determine instantly whether 

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or not a patient's glasses are adapted to the con- 
dition of his eyes. 

TREATMENT OF THE EYES. 

The abnormal conditions of the eye known as 
near-sighted, far-sighted and astigmatic, are mal- 
formations of the eye-ball or tissues thereof and 
will not yield to manipulation or medicinal treat- 
ment. These conditions can be corrected only with 
lenses adapted to the condition of the eye. 

Four and one-half pairs of cranial nerves sup- 
ply the eyes and tissues laround them — four and 
one-half pairs of the forty-one pairs that issue 
from the spinal cord, or one-ninth the nervous 
system. 

It is thus evident that the nervous system can 
be depleted very quickly by a leakage of energy 
due to imperfect vision. A large percentage of 
the pains about the head arise from this source. 

Many headaches are caused by reading with- 
out glasses when they are needed, or by reading 
with glasses which are not adapted to the condi- 
tion of the eyes (that is, "mis-fits"). From this 
source a permanent weakened condition of the or- 
gan may result. 

People with defective eyes who have never worn 
glasses adapted to their condition, can not imagine 
the comfort and relief afforded by glasses fitted 
to relieve them of this nerve strain. 

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A correct test and examination of the eyes is 
just as essential to determine what is necessary 
to be done to perfect the vision, as a correct diag- 
nosis is to the removal of the cause of disease. 

Since a depleted condition of the nervous sys- 
tem can be caused by defective vision, the medical 
profession will understand the importance of pos- 
sessing a thorough knowledge of the eye — how to 
examine it for diseased conditions, as well as to 
test and prescribe lenses adapted to its condition. 

One of the most important of our senses is 
sight. It is by sight that we judge of place, size, 
distance, and locate objects around us. It enables 
us to accomplish with certainty and ease things 
which would be impossible, were it not for the in- 
formation afforded by one of the choicest gifts of 
God. Time and money spent in caring for the 
valuable organ of sight is well spent. 

Physicians should look as carefully to the con- 
dition of their own eyes as to those of their 
patients. 



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'Everything in nature contains all the powers of 
nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff." 

— Emerson. 




Fig. 31. 
Man's "Nerve Skeleton." (Inverted), 



MAN LIKENED TO A TREE, PLANT OR 
SHRUB. 



I am keeping the nervous system before you lest 
you forget that it is the foundation of the body, 
that it is the medium through which the Almighty 
provides the body with nerve force, energy, vital- 
ity, strength. 

To show the striking resemblance of this nerv- 
ous system, when inverted, to that of a plant, tree, 
or shrub, since the life of a plant and that of man 
are similar, I will let the brain represent the roots 
of the plant or tree; the spinal cord and its 
branches, the pores which convey the sap up 
through the trunk to the branches. 

The growth of this plant may be interfered with 
in two ways: locally and generally; locally, by 
bending or breaking one of the branches, thus de- 
stroying the conductivity of the pores supplying 
that particular branch; generally, by lifting the 
roots out of the ground or earth, thus depriving 
it of energy and nutrition, consequently of life. 

In like manner the human plant (man) may be 
diseased; locally or generally, that is, mechanic- 

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ally or mentally; locally, by interfering with the 
conductivity of a nerve leading to any of its parts ; 
generally, by handicapping the source of nerve 
supply (the brain) by abnormal, uncontrolled or 
absorbing thoughts. 

Since man is a superior order of plant life and 
governed by the same Eternal, All-prevading 
Force, then fresh air, sunshine and contact with 
the earth are just as essential to him as to the 
plant, tree or shrub that grows in the field. 

MAN LIKENED TO A TELEGKAPH SYSTEM. 

Man may also be likened to a complicated tele- 
graphic system, in which comparison we will use 
Fig. 31. 

The brain represents the main office from which 
all orders or messages are dispatched. 

Thoughts are the messages which are passed 
out or transmitted over this main line (the spinal 
cord) and its branches to the different parts of 
the body to which these wires lead. 

The mind or soul is the telegrapher who uses 
the brain as a key-board to transmit thought mes- 
sages over the wires to the different parts of the 
human telegraphic system. 

This telegraphic system can be crippled in two 
ways : locally or generally ; locally, by a break or 
impediment to any of these wires, destroying its 
conductivity, thus rendering useless that part of 

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the telegraphic system beyond the break or ob- 
struction, or by a careless or incompetent opera- 
tor sending out incorrect messages — the frequent 
cause of collisions and disasters. The general or 
entire system can be paralyzed by the current be- 
ing cut off or lack of operators at the main switch- 
board. 

As this telegraphic system is crippled or dis- 
abled in two ways, so is the human telegraphic 
system (man) diseased in two ways: by an 
obstruction or an impediment to any of these 
nerves or by defective mental messages. 

These mental messages (thought) precede 
words and actions, therefore the present condi- 
tion in life is the result of thought. The future 
condition in this life and the life to come depends 
upon thought, that is, the messages of thought 
which are dispatched from this main office (the 
brain) by the mind or soul, which is the telegra- 
pher. 

It is upon these messages of thought that health, 
happiness and success largely depend, 



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"A single fact is worth a carload of argument." 

"It nettles one that truth should be so simple." 

— Goethe. 

"First, k^ep thyself in peace and then shalt thou 
be able to pacify others." — Kempis. 

"He that studyeth revenge keepeth his own wounds 
green, which otherwise would heal and do well." 

"A man who does not know how to learn from his 
own mistakes, turns the best schoolmaster out of his 
life." — Beecher. 

"If we have not quiet in our own minds, outward 
comforts will do no more for us than a Golden 
Slipper for a gouty foot." — Bunyan. 








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THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCE IN THE 
TREATMENT OF DISEASES. 

The fact being established that disease is either 
a local or general impediment to the nerve force 
that rules the human machine, then all disease can 
be grouped under the headings ' ' local ' ' and ' ' gen- 
eral' ' nervous diseases. 

Trusting that my experience in .such diseases 
may aid the medical profession and laity in pre- 
venting or allaying them, I give my experience in 
a few words: 

I am of the opinion that a large percentage of 
the medical profession, when called upon to diag- 
nose and treat nerve cases, do not lay stress 
enough upon the condition of the patient's mind, 
failing to realize fully that the mind, dwelling at 
the head of the nervous system, governs the 
amount of nerve force generated in and radiated 
from the brain. I believe, further, that the med- 
ical profession, generally, fails to consider suffi- 
ciently the effect of abnormal thought upon the 
physical; that perhaps the experience of many 
physicians with purely nervous diseases has been 

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somewhat limited and that they have not profited 
by their experiences with such diseases, or have 
failed entirely to diagnose and treat them as such. 

Let us review some of our frequent sayings: 
The nervous system is to the physical, what the 
foundation is to the building. If in any manner 
the foundation is weakened, the structure begins 
to topple; when the foundation is strengthened 
the structure is correspondingly strengthened. 

The nervous system, to review its main fea- 
tures, consists of the brain (the dynamo) and the 
spinal cord, from which issue the 41 pairs of 
nerves and their infinite number of branches some 
of them so small as to be almost invisible, even 
under a high-power microscope. 

The nervous system can well be compared with 
a hose-pipe system, even the minutest nerves being 
hollow to all intents and purposes, since their 
function is to convey brain fluid (nerve force) to 
all parts of the body to which they extend. 
Imagine the fine consistency of the brain fluid 
(nerve force) that permeates all the tissues of the 
body through these nerves. Have you sufficiently 
considered the duties imposed upon the brain as a 
dynamo, engine, power-house? Have you not 
again and again noted the effect upon the physical 
condition of the patient who has handicapped his 
brain by excessive mental work, grief, hurry, 
worry, hatred, envy, anger, jealousy, malice, re- 

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sentment, mental depression, excesses or inhar- 
monies of any sort? 

There is enough nerve force generated in the 
brain under normal conditions, to supply the en- 
tire system with energy or strength. Do you 
think it possible for a normal, physical condition 
to be maintained when 50 per cent, or more of 
this nerve force or energy is dissipated in abnor- 
man thought or otherwise! A normal circulation 
is dependent upon a normal nerve supply. When 
the transmission of nerve force is impeded, per- 
version of circulation is the effect. A healthy con- 
dition depends upon a normal circulation, and as 
the circulatory system is governed by the nervous 
system, the medical profession will all agree that 
when the brain (the dynamo) is handicapped in its 
generation and distribution of energy, a gen- 
eral perversion of circulation is the effect, hence a 
general diseased condition. The alimentary tract, 
heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, in fact, the entire sys- 
tem is robbed of blood as well as of nerve force 
upon which they are dependent for the perfor- 
mance of their functions. 

It is the continued mental resistance of things 
real and imaginary that often eventually places 
one in a condition requiring treatment. Waste 
makes want in the human system as well as in 
one's finances. Waste of nerve force, due to ab- 
normal thought or excesses, will eventually bank- 

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rupt the health. One's storehouse of nerve force 
or vitality should be guarded with as much consid- 
eration as a bank account. It is worry and waste, 
not work, that kills. The good floater who glides 
along with the current and keeps his head above 
water, survives longest, while he who " bucks the 
stream" is sure to go under. 

Thoughts precede words and actions, determine 
to a large extent man's condition, and mold his 
future, which is conclusive evidence that mind is 
about all that counts in man. 

Mind is to the brain and body as is the electrical 
engineer to the power-house and street-car system, 
or the engineer to the locomotive and train of cars. 
Notice here that "mind" is all this, rather than 
brain, which is often considered mind instead of 
its agent. 

How many have been robbed of appetite by 
sorrow, worry, anger, hatred, depression, over- 
mental exertion, etc. ! Every thought is recorded 
at the solar (sun) plexus from which radiates, 
apparently, all nerve force, but which is, in real- 
ity, generated in and radiated from the brain. The 
solar plexus is one of the many servants of the 
mind — it responds to every thought, be it good or 
bad. Every despondent or harrowing thought 
apparently closes or contracts this plexus, robbing 
it of nerve force and hindering its radiation of 
energy, while every happy or wholesome thought 

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opens or relaxes the same, and stimulates or pro- 
motes its radiation of energy, thus producing 
harmony which is health, inharmony being disease. 

Nerve patients (I call them "nerve" patients 
out of policy rather than nervous patients, it has 
a better effect upon them) frequently become de- 
pleted to the extent that they are susceptible to 
any disease, the cause, in the majority of cases I 
have treated being clearly a leakage of nerve force 
from an "open valve" or excesses, while the bal- 
ance were attributable to mechanical pressure. 

Our minds are not unlike our physical selves; 
after laboring during the day, we could not expect 
to rest and recuperate by working all night, 'but 
after laboring during the day, mental workers de- 
plete their nervous systems by taking their busi- 
ness home with them to finish or worry about at 
night, when their minds should be relaxed and 
given a chance to recuperate. 

SYMPTOMS IN NERVOUS DISEASES. 

The symptoms in nerve depletion are : a general 
weakened condition, fatigue from slight exertion, 
indigestion, constipation, functional heart trouble, 
tired feeling at the base of brain, impaired vision, 
shallow breathing, frequent micturition (which 
causes the patient to suspect kidney disease), ten- 
dency to avoid conversation, forgetfulness, in- 
somnia, horrible dreams and a contracted condi- 

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tion of the muscles and tissues of the entire body. 
Darting pains are liable to occur anywhere be- 
tween the top of the head and the bottom of the 
feet. A strange mental condition frequently takes 
possession of the patient, causing him to fear that 
his mind will become unbalanced. The brain is 
not unlike any other part of the human system, the 
more it is exercised the more blood and nerve 
force are required to supply it. 

Nerve patients, as a rule, endure so much mental 
suffering that they readily accept any treatment 
recommended, they are ' ' grasping for straws. ' ' A 
patient, probably after having had all kinds of 
treatment and taken all kinds of medicine with- 
out benefit, is often finally advised by his physi- 
cian to "take a trip to the mountains," when in 
reality what he needs most are the comforts of 
home and the ministrations of friends. He is 
nervous, and if questioned as to whether or not 
he is mentally disturbed, he will almost invariably 
say "no," but when told that the symptoms clear- 
ly indicate the fact that he is or has been, he will 
admit that "he has been worrying a little." He 
has tried to "cross bridges" before coming to 
them, and has anticipated fearful occurrences up- 
on which he has never realized, except in loss of 
energy, and has carried real and imaginary bur- 
dens of his own and all his friends. In fact, his 
condition may all be caused by or summed up in 

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the one word FEAR — always fearing something 
and cultivating a crop of mental weeds, thus 
dwarfing normal thought. 

TEEATMENT OF NEKVOUS DISEASES. 

The foregoing class, or for that matter, any- 
other class of patients might be treated for a 
year, and if then asked the question: "In what 
way does your physician expect to restore your 
health, energy or vitality; has he diagnosed your 
case correctly by finding the CAUSE of the dis- 
ease, if so, is he working on the CAUSE with the 
view of removing it that the effect (disease) may 
be removed ?" The patient nine times out of ten 
could not answer intelligently. Therefore your 
consultation room should be provided with a skele- 
ton and good anatomical charts, showing not only 
the nervous system, but the entire human system. 
Explain the nervous system; explain that the 
brain is at the head of it; explain what is re- 
quired of the brain and how easily the nervous 
system can be depleted by abnormal thought, ex- 
cesses, etc. and the results of such depletion. Show 
the patient how either structural defect or pres- 
sure produces disease. When you have charts 
and skeleton with which to explain that disease is 
a condition produced by either a mechanical or 
mental impediment to the nerve force that runs 
the human machine, you will almost invariably 

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secure prospective patients from the casual in- 
quirers. They will learn more of the anatomy of 
the human system in a five-minute explanation 
than they would in the same number of months 
without them, because they have a picture before 
them with which to associate an explanation, 
therefore, will retain it. 

One cannot expect to give, in five or ten minutes, 
an exhaustive explanation of how disease is pro- 
duced in the human body, or one that can be re- 
tained in the mind clearly after the patient goes 
home, therefore, you should always have on hand 
for patients (prospective or otherwise) to take 
home with them, the best written medium through 
which they can acquire a knowledge of the mental 
and mechanical causes of disease and the means 
for their removal. Your patients will undoubtedly 
be interested by the chart explanation and the lit- 
erature you hand to them now will surely be read, 
— it will be re-read another day — then most likely 
it will be given by them to some one else having 
similar symptoms, to explain his or her maladies. 
So, these lucid explanations and good literature 
are well worth your time for many reasons. 

When treating nervous patients a large percen- 
tage of the physicians "when in doubt" as to 
cause, have resorted to an experimental treat- 
ment. Do you, "when in doubt' ? as to cause, limit 
your treatment to a stereotyped prescription or 

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process that will handicap nature instead of help- 
ing her? Do you, when arrogating unto yourself 
the name of " physician, ' ' realize that you are 
only a helper — that NATURE is the physician, 
ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL 
BE, and that it is your duty, with the cooperation 
of the patient, to FIND AND REMOVE THE 
CAUSE, thus enabling NATURE to effect a cure? 
Should these patients receive a stereotyped treat- 
ment, when the knowledge or experience of the 
practitioner in the treatment of such conditions 
will not enable him to LOCATE THE EXACT 
CAUSE? I should say certainly not. YOU ARE 
NOT WORKING UPON NOR REMOVING THE 
CAUSE OF THE DISEASE. A cure depends 
largely upon a CORRECT DIAGNOSIS, but you 
have not made such— YOU HAVE NOT LOCAT- 
ED THE CAUSE. 

If my experience in the treatment of these ave^ 
rage nervous diseases counts for anything, the 
majority has been caused, primarily, by abnormal 
mental exertion and excesses. The patients have 
been on the verge of a nervous collapse at time of 
treatment, or have suffered from nerve depletion 
in the past; the motor has been handicapped; 
there has been a leakage of nerve force — an ' i open 
valve," which acts on the same principle as a 
leakage from a bucket of w&ter — a constant drip- 
ping will soon deplete the contents of the bucket. 

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When treating these eases the majority of the 
medical profession has absolutely disregarded the 
foundation, the mind, where cause exists. Now is 
the time you may fail to secure satisfactory re- 
sults, if you ever do, and you begin to doubt the 
virtue of your chosen profession; you now look 
to vibrators, batteries, baths, etc. in a blind en- 
deavor to relieve the patient, but to no avail. 
While you have been looking far a leakage in the 
nervous system, due to structural defects or other- 
wise, you have over-looked the condition of the 
foundation, or rather that which is at the head of 
and governs the nervous system, the mind, the 
medium through which God supplies the patient 
with energy. The waste of energy must be stopped 
and manipulation or experimental treatment will 
not do it. You might treat the patient for six 
months in a harmless way, allowing NATURE to 
make partial repairs, but unless given the best ad- 
vice as to the elimination of depleting thoughts, 
that have taken possession of his mind, he is liable 
at any time during an hour's mental depression, to 
set aside the benefits derived from your six 
months ' treatment. 

I am not decrying manipulation in these condi- 
tions. It is absolutely necessary to help restore 
a normal nerve and blood supply to the tissues 
that have been robbed. I do not claim that there 
has been an absence of apparent malposition of 

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vertebrae in some of these cases, there probably 
has been, but I have cured my patients and at the 
same time been unable to reduce some apparent 
deviations. I have also been unable to "line up" 
the spine in such phenomenal time as has been 
stated in some of our case reports. 

SECRET OF SUCCESS IN MENTAL MEDICINE. 

The secret of success in mental medicine is to 
advise the patient so that by his cooperation his 
mind will be strengthened thus enabling him to 
eliminate the depleting thought which has taken 
possession of his mind. Show him that there is 
absence of nerve force and energy; that he is de- 
pleted physically and must regain strength. 
Teach him that he must acquire nerve force and 
conserve the same by keeping the ' 'valves' ' closed, 
that is, avoiding excitement, anger, hatred, de- 
pressions, excessive mental and physical exertion, 
etc. Advise patients to be calm at all times, that 
the mental condition of fear must be set aside; 
that depressing thought is their worst enemy. If 
one declines positively to entertain a thought it 
will "take wings" almost immediately — allow it 
to take possession of the mind, it will be most 
difficult to banish. 

Teach patients to reason with their thoughts as 
they would with members of their family — that 
thoughts are things. Explain to them that there 
is absolutely nothing which they should fear, pre- 

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vail upon them to forget the past, to live in the 
present and not to "cross bridges" before coming 
to them. Explain to them that the physical is 
suffering from want of nerve force due to an 
"open valve" in the dynamo, and that in order to 
restore health the leakage must be stopped — that 
a leakage of nerve force is like a leakage of water 
from a bucket — that the leakage must be stopped 
by eliminating the depleting thought, and that in 
order to do this, cooperation is necessary. En- 
courage your patient and explain to him that the 
human system will be in a depleted condition just 
as long as he wastes 50 per cent, or more of the 
nerve force that is intended to maintain the same 
in a healthy condition. If the patient persists in 
entertaining the abnormal thought, after having 
had its effect upon the nervous system explained 
to him, the only recourse is to arouse his fear by 
convincing him that a continuance in this line of 
thought will result in either apoplexy, paralysis 
or insanity; he will then be more apt to exert him- 
self to eliminate the thought. 

The patient's mind should be treated in a man- 
ner similar to that by which the farmer tills the 
soil — uproot the weeds, that vegetation may 
nourish ! 

The foregoing experience in the treatment of 
nervous diseases may be a benefit to both the 
medical profession and laity. Medical science 

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must be strengthened principally with the help of 
field members who have had practical experience 
in the treatment of disease, and who have given 
certain classes of disease special attention and 
study. One may remain in the clinic or recitation 
room for years, preparing to combat disease in 
the human system, but the student soon learns, 
when he enters the field of active practice, that his 
qualifications are very meager indeed, that the 
theories acquired so conscientiously and labor- 
iously, frequently fail to fill the bill, that practical 
knowledge is necessary, and that suggestions from 
experienced members are most helpful. Case re- 
ports from the experiences of field members are 
requested to advance science and strengthen its 
foundation principles. How is medical science to 
be advanced if the profession, or a large percen- 
tage of it, insists that all its members entertain 
the same ideas as to the causation of disease? Ad- 
vancement depends upon diversity of opinion, and 
if opinions founded upon years of experience are 
expressed at variance with those heretofore held, 
and tend to broaden the field of medical science, 
it is just and proper that they receive due consid- 
eration. 

I have treated nearly 650 patients since June, 
1900, approximately 500 of these were nerve 
cases; I failed to effect cures of possibly 10 per 
cent., but rarely ever failed to benefit, to some ex- 

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tent, the conditions of even these extreme cases. 
Every case of paralysis was preceded by nervous 
prostration which was the result of continued ab- 
normal thought or excesses. 

About 150 cases were due to structural defect, 
the predominating cause being a deviation of one 
of the innominates (hip-bones) ; other cases in- 
cluded tic-douloureux, facial neuralgia, gout, 
rheumatic conditions, etc., where loss of nerve 
force was due to intense pain, incident to pres- 
sure. 

Would it not be well to broaden out a little and 
consider the experiences and suggestions of field 
members in regard to the causes and treatment of 
some diseases, as well as the causes to which the 
weaknesses of medical science are attributable? 
The public is quick to condemn and slow to investi- 
gate; such has also been the case with the dif- 
ferent therapies (the different methods of treat- 
ing disease). By reviewing the past we will see 
that wherever a progressive thought has been ad- 
vanced in any age, ignorance, selfishness or pre- 
judice has been ready to denounce it and to per- 
secute the one who advanced it. Suggestions 
which tend toward the betterment of science 
should be given due attention. As yet, no one 
therapy has proved to be infallible and supreme. 

A therapy should be adopted, based upon the 
principles of CAUSE AND EFFECT. Look to 

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the nervous system, principally, for mental and 
mechanical causes, since the nerve force or energy 
generated in the brain and distributed to all parts 
of the body through the nerves can be impeded in 
only two ways — mechanically or mentally. 

As the stability of a structure or science de- 
pends principally upon its foundation, and prac- 
titioners fail to recognize this great principle, 
they are limiting the foundation of medical science 
to structural defect, germ theories, diagnosing by 
taking pulse and temperature and noting condi- 
tion of the tongue, thus ignoring the keystone in 
the arch forming the main dependence — state of 
mind. 

To disregard the mental condition in the causa- 
tion of disease is about as reasonable as to decry 
the hot foot bath and hot drinks when circulation 
is unequalized by a severe cold, "grip" etc., claim- 
ing that manipulation or drugs are all that is help- 
ful or necessary. Would you necessarily look for 
a mechanical cause or germ in case of la-grippe 
or in diseased conditions due to severe colds ? 

PHYSICIAN POETKAYED AS THE ENGINEEE. 

I have read articles by members of the medical 
profession in which they portrayed the physician 
as the engineer of the human system, at the same 
time attributing all diseased conditions to struc- 
tural defects or germs. 

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If you considered yourself proficient as an engi- 
neer, and were running a steam engine, would 
you look for other than a lack of energy if the 
engine were laboring with difficulty to haul a train 
on 50 per cent, of the steam necessary to do it? 

Would you look amongst wheels and machinery 
for cause or structural defects, or for other causes, 
if the engine failed to run a plant when 50 per 
cent, of a full head of steam was escaping from 
an open valve? 

Should we, as physicians, feel justified in em- 
ploying an engineer ( ?) who disregards the condi- 
tion of the dynamo, motor or engine that generates 
the force necessary to run the machinery! 

When called upon as an engineer to adjust the 
' ' human machine,' ' are you, when diagnosing 
your cases, going to continue to limit your diag- 
nosis to looking for structural defects, hunting for 
germs, taking of pulse and temperature and not- 
ing condition of tongue? 

Would it not be wisdom to consider whether or 
not the cause is attributable to a defective dynamo 
or engine, which I have used in this discussion as 
a figure of speech for the mind, not the animal 
organism? 

Do you not think it high time that the profes- 
sion " wakes up" to realize the fact that there are 
potent causes for disease in the human system, 
other than mechanical, and that life, especially 

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modern life, can not be run adequately on 50 per 
cent, of the energy or nerve force necessary? In 
asking this I mean to emphasize the necessity of 
doing more than to admit this truth as a matter 
of observation and reason — the necessity of mak- 
ing a place for it constantly in diagnosis and treat- 
ment. All know this contention to be true. None 
ever has disputed it, for it is axiomated. Yet 
few members of the medical profession actually 
make use of the fact, dividing his practice into 
the classes of ' ' structural cause " and "mental 
cause' ' patients. 

There is no intention to decry the medical pro- 
fession, nor the efforts of any of its members, but 
to awaken it to a proper realization of the fact 
that there are more important features to be con- 
sidered than structural defect and germ theories 
when diagnosing. The mind is a factor always 
present for weal or woe, and can seldom be over- 
looked with impunity. 

Experience leads me to believe that there are 
TWO KINDS OF PRIMARY CAUSES neces- 
sary to produce disease in the human system, 
MENTAL or MECHANICAL. Practice con- 
vinces me than MIND WASTE, rather than " me- 
chanical causes,' ' is largely in the majority. 



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